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What Is a Denial of Service Attack?
A Denial of Service Attack is a malicious attack designed with the intention of making a system unusable. With this Lexicon, learn why and how this attack type is commonly used.
What you'll learn
A Denial of Service Attack is a malicious attack designed with the intention of making a system unusable. With this Lexicon, learn why and how this attack type is commonly used.
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Meghan Manfre is VP of Content at Pluralsight where she leads the team responsible for the content creation lifecycle, across all content domains and audiences. Her 15+ year publishing and content creation careers spans a multitude of mediums including hands-on labs, videos, books, and academic journals with companies such as McGraw-Hill Education and Elsevier. Meghan is also a lead organizer of BSidesSF, a non-profit organization designed to advance the body of information security knowledge by providing an annual, two-day, open forum for discussion and education in the San Francisco Bay Area.