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Defenders' Guide 2025: Fortify the Future of Your Defense
This infographic highlights key cybersecurity findings from Akamai's Defenders' Guide 2025 and outlines practical strategies for strengthening organizational resilience against modern cyber threats. It recommends a defense-in-depth approach built on three pillars: risk management, layered network architecture, and host security. The guide identifies Server Message Block (SMB), Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), and Secure Shell (SSH) as the most common protocols involved in open-port incidents while explaining how attackers exploit VPNs, containers, and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. To improve cyber resilience, organizations are encouraged to implement strong cyber hygiene, consistently layer security controls, prioritize business-critical services, maintain proactive incident response
