Moving Target Defense (MTD) prevents ransomware, supply chain attacks, zero-day attacks, fileless attacks, in-memory attacks, and other advanced threats. It uses system polymorphism in memory to hide operating system and application targets from adversaries in an unpredictable manner. Gartner has published a new report on this emerging technology. The firm states:
They note that Automated Moving Target Defense (AMTD) technologies "have moved out of academia and into mainstream markets, with cross-market security offerings enabling new threat defense capabilities and enhanced security platforms."
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Gartner, Emerging Tech: Security - The Future of Cyber Is Automated Moving Target Defense, Lawrence Pingree, Carl Manion, Matt Milone, Sean ONeill, Travis Lee, Mark Pohto, Mark Wah, Ruggero Contu, Dan Ayoub, Elizabeth Kim, Rustam Malik, Nat Smith, 28th February 2023
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