Dissecting Cyber Attacks: Understanding the Cyber Kill Chain

Travis Felder
2 min readMar 27, 2024
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The Cyber Kill Chain, developed by the security giants at Lockheed Martin, this model breaks down the complex choreography of a cyber attack into seven distinct phases.

By dissecting an intrusion’s kill chain, security teams can rapidly detect, derail, and defend against even the most sophisticated adversaries. It’s a potent counter-intelligence blueprint for…

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