ECSS: EC-Council Certified Security Specialist

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VerifiedInformation Security Controls and Policies

A security strategy in which several protection layers are deployed throughout an information system helps prevent direct attacks against an information system and its data because breaking through one layer only leads an attacker to the next layer. What is this security strategy called?

Explanation

Defense in depth applies multiple, overlapping layers of protection across a system so that compromise of one layer does not defeat the remaining safeguards protecting the system and its data.

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