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Fig 1: AI Meme

This article documents the several security and hacking methodologies infrastructured in Crypto. A good
number of security policies and frameworks have been implemented to help secure the systems.

The Root

The developmental strategies involved are loosely adhered to and inspired by the control
strategies/countermeasures discussed by one, Charles P. Pfleeger in the book “Security in Computing”.
According to Fig 2 we can deal with cyber attacks in the following ways:

1. prevent it, by blocking the attack or closing the vulnerability
2. deter it, by making the attack harder but not impossible
3. deflect it, by making another target more attractive (or this one less so)
4. mitigate it, by making its impact less severe
5. detect it, either as it happens or some time after the fact
6. recover from its effects

“Prevention is better than cure!” Ensuing that statement is what is aimed to be accomplished, since it’s
always better to prevent an attack, than building back upon its wreckage. The aforementioned strategies
are implemented in several different ways, of which, an example is the Intrusion Detection System, that
helps detect anomalies and intrusions and direct it to honeypots or isolated networks, in turn incorporating
a pooled approach of the control strategies.

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