The learning objectives for this section 2
is to understand the current threat 3
and vulnerability landscape. 4
This means you’ll understand the weaknesses 5
in systems, and processors, and actions. 6
You will understand the threats and adversaries 7
that you personally, 8
and others, 9
face on the internet, 10
from hackers, to encryption regulation, from exploit kits, 11
to pups and browser hijacking. 12
These make up the threat landscape. 13
The selection of appropriate security controls 14
is based on risk 15
in consideration of the threat landscape 16
which we will go through now.