The goals and objectives of an information security audit are to measure, monitor, and observe the effectiveness and efficiency of the information security process in an organization. A network security audit forms a smaller sub-section of the security audit's overall engagement. Information security auditing encapsulates more IT functions, while network auditing focuses mainly on the network's setup, management, and monitoring capabilities. Every organization now relies on a network, and without an effective network, no organization can survive a single day in this digital information era.
Before we get into the gory details of network auditing, let's cover the basics. The following subsections will take you through the details of what a network audit actually is, and we will enumerate a few key concepts.
What is a network audit?
A network audit is a systematic process whereby we analyze the network to ascertain its health in accordance...