The Fine Art of Frustrating the Adversary
Eight Cisco Talos researchers outline defender strategies — from deception layers to breaking attack-chain dependencies — that raise adversary cost per step and slow lateral movement.
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What really frustrates an adversary? Eight Cisco Talos researchers share practical ways to make their next move slower and riskier. From deception and behavioral detection to breaking attack dependencies and resisting manufactured urgency.
Editorial Analysis
Increasing attacker friction is one of the highest-ROI defensive investments; the Talos framework offers actionable ways to apply this thinking across detection, deception, and architecture.
Select two or three attacker-friction techniques from the Talos framework for a proof-of-concept deployment in your most exposed network segment.
Cisco Talos researchers outline practical ways to slow attackers and raise their operational costs — a low-investment uplift to existing defences.
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