Courses of Action

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  • Updated February 1, 2024
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  • Courses of action is an action taken either to prevent an attack or to respond to an attack that is in progress.

    Courses of action describes technical or automated responses such as applying patches, reconfiguring firewalls. It can also describe higher-level actions like employee training or policy changes.

    For example, courses of action to mitigate a vulnerability could describe applying the patch that fixes it.