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Network Security Strategies

Network Security Strategies

By : Aditya Mukherjee
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Network Security Strategies

Network Security Strategies

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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

Actively managing risks and threats

This section captures the essential aspect of how an organization can employ different threat management solutions and services into its larger cybersecurity strategy and cyber defense framework. This helps provide holistic coverage against a variety of threats. The main factors and techniques that influence the process of actively managing risk and threats are as follows:

  • Unified Threat Management (UTM)
  • Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
  • Malware analysis
  • Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
  • Vulnerability and patch management

Now, let us take a deep dive into each of these sections and understand how they help improve the security posture of an organization.

Unified threat management (UTM)

UTM is a hardware or software application that encompasses various security solutions for detecting, preventing, and mitigating threats in an environment. Some of the main features of a UTM device are next-generation firewall functions, intelligent IDS/IPS, a DoS...

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