Disadvantages of the Software and Hardware Security Solutions and Recommendations for Strengthening the Comprehensiveness of Company Infrastructure protection Measures Against External Attacks

Student: Korovin Kirill

Supervisor: Oleg Kovalev

Educational Programme: Information Security Management (Master)

Final Grade: 7

Year of Graduation: 2019

According to many annual reports, the number of successful attacks on companies is increasing every year, including ones with the use of malware. However, the number of various software and hardware security solutions has been increased. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various classes of such solutions, provides a summary and generalized analysis of these solutions, which resulted in a set of recommendations to strengthen comprehensive measures to protect the infrastructure of companies against external attacks.

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