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CompTIA Network+ Certification Guide

By : Glen D. Singh, Rishi Latchmepersad
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CompTIA Network+ Certification Guide

By: Glen D. Singh, Rishi Latchmepersad

Overview of this book

CompTIA certified professionals have always had the upper hand in the information technology industry. This book will be your ideal guide to efficiently passing and achieving this certification. Learn from industry experts and implement their practices to resolve complex IT issues. This book revolves around networking concepts where readers will learn topics like network architecture, security, network monitoring, and troubleshooting. This book will not only prepare the readers conceptually but will also help them pass the N10-007 exam. This guide will also provide practice exercise after every chapter where readers can ensure their concepts are clear. By the end of this book, readers will leverage this guide and the included practice questions to boost their confidence in appearing for the actual certificate.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Mitigation techniques

Let's talk about the various mitigation techniques that are used for security threats on a network infrastructure a little bit more.

Network segmentation – Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Most organizations have servers that are accessible by users of the public internet. Some of these servers are web servers and email servers. It's definitely not recommended to allow any traffic originating from the internet to access your internal, private network. Creating a DMZ to place these publicly accessible servers is highly recommended.

The DMZ is a semi-trusted segment of the company's network that allows users from the internet limited access to devices in this area, which is why it's...