Control SuspendInfectedHost
URI: SuspendInfectedHost
Package: Network
Description: The host may be temporarily taken out of service to prevent it being involved in an attack by automated malware to cause a security breach. This represents a contingency plan which will compromise availability, to an extent based on the likelihood of the attack.
A device that can store, process, transmit or receive data. |
Device Host may be temporarily disabled by its manager HostManager to prevent it being exploited should it become infected by malware. This strategy represents a contingency plan, which can be used to reduce risk from some threats but it may triggers other threats representing possible side effects, depending on how likely it is that the contingency plan will need to be activated. |
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Device Host has been disabled by its manager HostManager to prevent it being exploited after being infected by malware. This strategy represents activation of a contingency plan at runtime, and can be selected to discover what effect this would have on risk levels, allowing this to be used for decision support calculations. To activate it at runtime, signal user HostManager who is responsible for managing the device. The Disabled Host control should be deselected only when the host has been restarted. |
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Device Host may be temporarily disabled by its manager HostManager to prevent it being exploited should it become infected by malware. This strategy represents a contingency plan, which can be used to reduce risk from some threats but it may triggers other threats representing possible side effects, depending on how likely it is that the contingency plan will need to be activated. |