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Cyber Snapshot Report

The Defender's Advantage: Cyber Snapshot Report - Issue 7

Access this report to gain insights on today’s hot cyber defense topics observed on the frontlines by Mandiant and Google Cloud security experts

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The seventh edition provides a deep dive into five critical cybersecurity topics:

Effectively navigating and protecting your web-based LLM applications
Deploying deception strategies that combat adversaries targeting you
Considerations for migrating from legacy to leading-edge SIEM platforms
Defending against the growing attacks on cloud-first organizations
Mitigating insider threats with the help of proactive penetration testing

Think through improvement considerations for cyber defense

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