November 21, 2009

countermeasure

Last modified: Monday, August 14, 2006 

Commonly used in IPS (intrusion prevention system), a countermeasure is a defensive technology method used to prevent an exploit from successfully occurring once a threat has been detected. Service patches and access control lists are also considered to be types of countermeasures.
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Microsoft Tech Net: Threats and Countermeasures
The Threats and Countermeasures guide provides you with a reference to all security settings that provide countermeasures for specific threats against current versions of the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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