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n     today’s     increasingly
                                                                                  dangerous                digital
                                                                                  environment, reactive security
                                                                              Iis  not  enough  to  effectively
                                                                                protect  an organization  from
                                                                                cyber threats. Reactive security
                                                                                includes things like securing
                                                                                your systems through an
                                                                                Assessment  and Authorization
                                                                                process,  installing  firewalls,
                                                                                and implementing antivirus
                                                                                software.  However, digital
                                                                                modernization,  the expansion
                                                                                of  cloud computing, and the
                                                                                Internet of  Things (IoT) are
                                                                                resulting in a rapidly growing
                                                                                attack surface.  In addition,
                                                                                humans are becoming more
                                                                                sophisticated  when  it comes
                                                                                to  developing ways  to  attack
                                                                                networks,
                                                                                                      Advanced
                                                                                              with
          Proactive                                                             Evasion  Techniques  becoming
                                                                                more common.
          Security Is the                                                       Proactive security, on the other


                                                                                hand, includes all the  reactive
          Key to Mitigating                                                     security measures but expands

                                                                                them to encompass items
          Future Threats                                                        such as actively seeking out
                                                                                vulnerabilities  and hunting for
                                                                                threats to mitigate issues before
                                                                                they become reality. The simple
          by Branko Primetica, The President and Chief Strategy Officer of eGlobalTech (eGT)
                                                                                objective is to enhance visibility
                                                                                to thwart suspicious activity and
                                                                                contain attacks.



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