Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, a senior NSA official says. Richard Schaeffer Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee s Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee that three measures in particular are especially effective: Best practices, proper configurations [and] good network monitoring . Read the full article in Government Computer News at http://www.gov.com/government-news/news/cnnnn/.
Source: https://threatpost.com/nsa-senate-3-steps-should-thwart-80-attacks-111809/73127/