Understanding the difference between active and passive attacks is crucial for building a resilient cybersecurity strategy. While both types of attacks target your systems, they operate in entirely different ways, with active attacks causing immediate disruption, and passive attacks quietly gathering intelligence. Recognizing these distinctions helps in preparing the right defenses for each scenario.
Active attacks can result in data manipulation, system downtime, or even direct control of your infrastructure, while passive attacks are more covert, focusing on data interception without causing harm, at least initially. Knowing how to spot and mitigate both is vital to protecting sensitive information and ensuring system integrity.
Dive into our infographic below to get a clear breakdown of active vs. passive attacks and learn how to safeguard your systems from both.
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