Episode 60 — Reduce Malware Risk With Controls: Hardening, EDR Strategy, and Response Hooks
This episode teaches a balanced approach to reducing malware risk through hardening, endpoint detection and response strategy, and response hooks that enable rapid containment, which the exam tests through system security and operations topics. You will learn how hardening reduces attack surface by disabling unnecessary features and removing risky defaults, how EDR focuses on behavior-based detection rather than signatures alone, and how response hooks like isolation and kill actions must be designed with guardrails and verification. We discuss tuning to prevent alert fatigue, integrating endpoint signals with identity and network context, and building recovery steps that restore trust rather than simply restoring availability. A scenario explores malware spreading through shared resources and shows how containment, patching, application control, and post-event verification combine to prevent recurrence. Troubleshooting considerations include deploying tools without workflow integration, ignoring persistence tactics, and failing to collect evidence during response, reinforcing disciplined operations that leaders can measure and continuously improve. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
