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Running Head: SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY 1
Security Through Obscurity
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SECURITY THROUGH OBSCURITY 2
Security Through Obscurity
One of the main tasks of working as a systems administrator is to ensure that all the
systems remain secure. Some of the ways to ensure the systems are secure are through installing
firewalls and IDs, kernel patching, application of system package updates and disabling
unnecessary devices, to mention a few (Borges, 2020). Security through obscurity means reliance
on secrecy during software development, which minimizes the chance that a weakness can be
targeted or detected.
One of the advantages of security through obscurity is that the system usually uses
abnormal configurations, thereby reducing exploitation and thus obtaining protection. When
using the security through obscurity, there is a reduction in the potential of errors in bugs,
configurations and other problems. Using security through obscurity is also beneficial since of
the benefit of the least privilege, which ensures that data that is inbound is secure. In addition,
another advantage of using security through obscurity is that there is simplicity. Research has