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No threat is naive and the members of the cyber defense community should get aware of so before they
run any kind of the counter-offensive operation on.

Assumption #7. Some cyber campaigns could be prevented.

Explanation #7. In the majority of cases, so many business assets worldwide would cope with quite poor
cyber defense. The samples of well-equipped security operating centers are so rare and it would seem
that the small enterprise area would still be unprotected branch of human activity. So many legal
businesses would need the better IT skill to all their staffs including the entire management as only some
of them could get assumed as knowledgeable in the field of emerging technologies. So, if they would
cope with the stronger IT security capacities – they could prevent so many of the incoming cyber attacks
and operations, so far. From such a point of view, it would appear that the cyber skill shortage is still so
deep and the smart management should think hard how to improve all it can advance in order to avoid
so serious incidents as we mentioned before. The majority of businesses on the marketplace are small
or medium sized and it’s quite obvious even if they are the key pillar of any economy – they cannot handle
such a challenging situation on their own. In other words, they need the support from the government
agencies in order to get some instructions how to improve and strengthen their IT infrastructure. The
need for the qualified IT security staffs is bigger than ever as we would cope with so hard time in the
history that would bring us the real worries and concerns. On the other hand, the crime is mainly the
international business and for such a reason the international collaboration between the defense and
intelligence services is more than necessary at the present time. In addition, everyone with the vision
would know that the present is only the moment and it’s needed to think about the coming days that
would seek from us to develop so deep and trustworthy connections between the national, regional and
international security agencies. Next, let’s return to the ordinary office belonging to some firm that would
have its own IT network, but not enough qualified cyber employees at all. If we keep developing our story
we would figure out that so many common people would not even know that there are the quite suitable
IT security tools that can prevent us from so basic hacking campaigns. In other words, it would be useful
to install some anti-malware software on your device in order to prevent your system from any malware
being matched with your application’s database. Also, there are a plenty of options for the relatively safe
website usages and those gadgets should get applied in order to offer to yourself the quite convenient
internet experience. It would not cost you a lot, but it would serve some purpose! On the other hand,
there is no absolute security and it’s only the matter of time and effort when some system would get
broken. That’s why the majority of software would need the patches and updates at the periodical level
and if we take all those into the consideration – we would realize once well-equipped with the gadgets
and skills we can expect that some of the incoming cyber operations could get prevented or at least
reported to the law enforcement officers who would find the methods to tackle such a concern.

Assumption #8. Experienced IT security professionals should rely on skills, not irrationalities.

Explanation #8. If your IT asset is often exposed to cyber attacks, it could be quite tricky even to the most
experienced IT security staffs to cope with such a task. The IT defense needs the huge concentration
and ability to think fast as well as cope with the brilliant linkage capacities. So, if you are not capable to
correlate the stuffs quickly and accurately or in other words – if you do not have the great reflexes, you
could be quite useless for the role of the IT security support. It’s about the good defense, right? As the
other security officers would be good in shooting and accurately hit all the moving aims the IT security

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