How Networking Will Affect My Career
Networking will have an extremely huge impact on my career due to my career involving networking security. Being someone who works in network security I will need to have an in-depth understanding of how a network works, where the weakest point in a network is potentially and how to respond to a threat to the network. Along with theses, I also need to know what form of security I can put in place to protect the network from attacks.
To protect a network I first have to understand a network and the following is a brief description of a basic network. A basic network is 2 or more computers that are all connected to help their users work together. A network connects computers by means of cabling systems, specialized software, and devices that manage data. A network enables users to share files and resources as well as send messages electronically (e-mail) to each other. Now for me as a network security worker, the first step to protecting this basic type of network is having the right form of security software installed on the computers. This software needs to be constantly kept up with to ensure the maximum amount of security is being used. Unfortunately having just one layer of security is never enough because if this one layer goes down then your entire network is open to being damaged or hacked by an outside source. Different forms of “attacks” include viruses, spyware, adware, hackers, and denial of service (DOS) attacks. Most of these threats will come into contact with your network via the internet and tend to be the most common found in today technological world. Having more forms of security such as firewalls help add to the protection of your network and allow you to safely receive and send data. References
What Is Network Security? Retrieved September 10, 2014, from http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/resource_center/articles/secure_my_business/what_is_network_security/index.html