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🎯 What is an Attack Surface?

🎯 What is an Attack Surface?
Your Attack Surface is the sum of all entry points an attacker could target:
🌐 Digital: Open ports, exposed cloud assets & APIs.
🏢 Physical: Unsecured servers & hardware.
👤 Human: Employees targeted by phishing.
Rule: Larger attack surface = Harder to defend.
Key Step: Reduce exposure by closing unused ports, patching regularly, and enforcing strict access controls.
How do you manage attack surface reduction? Let's discuss! 👇

Cybersecurity #AttackSurface #InfraSec #CloudSecurity

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