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SDP Hackathon Whitepaper
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SDP Hackathon Whitepaper

Release Date: 04/17/2014

Working Group: Zero Trust

The CSA SDP Hackathon challenged hackers to attack a server defended by a software defined perimeter. Of the billions of packets fired at the server, not one attacker penetrated even the first layer of security. The whitepaper outlines how this is possible.
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