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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

Exercising continuous monitoring

In network security, continuous monitoring is the procedural ritual used to identify cyber threats, security misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance issues in regards to the operational environment of an organization. It aims at reducing business losses by minimizing the potential of loss or cyber disruption through continuous visibility and provide insights into the day-to-day operational aspects.

Transactional applications and other financial controls are specifically audited continuously to prevent any malicious activity that may severely impact the business of an organization by causing financial and reputational damage along with regulatory fines, if not detected and acted upon in appropriate timelines.

With respect to securing networks, continuous monitoring plays a very vital role by identifying all potential threats in the environment on a real-time basis. In terms of operation, they yield effective and relevant results as it helps...