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Network Security Strategies

By : Aditya Mukherjee
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Network Security Strategies

By: Aditya Mukherjee

Overview of this book

With advanced cyber attacks severely impacting industry giants and the constantly evolving threat landscape, organizations are adopting complex systems to maintain robust and secure environments. Network Security Strategies will help you get well-versed with the tools and techniques required to protect any network environment against modern cyber threats. You’ll understand how to identify security vulnerabilities across the network and how to effectively use a variety of network security techniques and platforms. Next, the book will show you how to design a robust network that provides top-notch security to protect against traditional and new evolving attacks. With the help of detailed solutions and explanations, you'll be able to monitor networks skillfully and identify potential risks. Finally, the book will cover topics relating to thought leadership and the management aspects of network security. By the end of this network security book, you'll be well-versed in defending your network from threats and be able to consistently maintain operational efficiency, security, and privacy in your environment.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Network Security Concepts, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
5
Section 2: Network Security Testing and Auditing
10
Section 3: Threat Management and Proactive Security Operations

Understanding how threat intelligence works

Threat intelligence is the insights and inputs that are used to comprehend the risks that we might, will, or are facing at the moment that can be a potential risk to the organization. This information is utilized to plan, counteract, and recognize threat vectors that may be exploited against organizational assets. Some of the key aspects that we should focus on are as follows:

Threat modeling:

  • Identify the different types of threats.
  • Correlate anticipated threat types with assets.
  • Describe the threat model.
  • Create and maintain data flow diagrams.
  • Create and maintain attack trees.
  • Develop and maintain a test plan.
  • Update the threat model with insights.

Threat intelligence collection and processing:

  • Select and implement relevant threat feeds.
  • Monitor activity in honeypots and sandbox networks.
  • Automate the process to normalize collected threats.
  • Connect threat intelligence data that has potential relationships.
  • Deploy an automated first-level...