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Hardening-in-depth as a concept

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Hardening-in-depth as a concept

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Hello, and welcome to Cybrary's Linux Hardening course. This lesson is hardening-in-depth as a concept. I'm your instructor, Corey Holzer, and I'm glad you decided to take this course. There are several objectives for this lesson. At the conclusion of this lesson, you should be able to do each of the following. You'll be able to articulate the security mindset of defense-in-depth as a concept that has been part of physical security for thousands of years. You will also be able to explain the concept of attack surface, a term you will hear quite often in the realm of cybersecurity. You will be able to discuss the layers of defense as it pertains to a system, whether we are talking about a Linux server or a Windows workstation. Using the castle in the image to the right, I want to illustrate the concept of defense-in-depth that comes to us from ancient times. The castle's defenses do not rely on one wall or the moat to offer those inside protection. There are many components that…

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