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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)
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Section 1: Network Security Concepts, Threats, and Vulnerabilities
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Section 2: Network Security Testing and Auditing
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Section 3: Threat Management and Proactive Security Operations
Proactive Security Strategies

As technology quickly advances, the unpredictability of securing that technology increases exponentially. Threats and risks are bringing forth progressively complex issues. As the number of technologies that are being made keeps expanding year upon year, attackers are also searching for a more prominent pool of potential exploits and targets. This change implies that the digital security systems of associations need to develop to be aware of their foes and need to remain one step ahead of the threat actors.

In the pursuit of this proactive security measure, the industry has come up with various technological advancements to aid the security teams in catching up with the evolving threats, maintaining situational awareness, and developing the capability to respond to them proactively in their environment. In this chapter, we will discuss these solutions...