Question

. What is an APT? What are some practical strategies to protect yourself from an APT?

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Advanced Persistent Threat abbreviated as APT is a type of cyber attack which gives access to the unauthorized user  to enter the network without being detected for a long period.

APTs are generally sponsored by the government agencies of the nation or large firms. For example, one of the ATPs used was Stuxnet in the year 2010 against Iran, in order to put off the nuclear program of Iran.

Some of the practical strategies for protection against APT are:

• Sound Internal Auditing
• Strong Password Accessing Policies
• Stringent policies for accessing any device
• Introduction and implementation of multi factor authentication
• Strong IDs and sound honeypot solutions