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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

Understanding deception technology

The point of deception is to forestall a cybercriminal that has figured out how to penetrate a system from doing any noteworthy harm. It works by producing traps or duplicity distractions that copy real innovation resources throughout the foundation. These baits can keep running in a virtual or genuine working framework condition and are intended to deceive the cybercriminal into thinking they have found an approach to raise benefits and take accreditations. When a snare is activated, warnings are communicated to a concentrated misdirection server that records the influenced imitation and the assault vectors that were utilized by the cybercriminal.

Need for deception technology

Why use deception technology? The reasons for doing so are as follows:

  • Early post-breach detection: No security arrangement can prevent all attacks from happening on a system, yet misleading a discovery gives attackers a misguided sensation that demotivates the attacker and gives...