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    Network Security

    Lab #8 | Design a Layered Security Strategy for an IP Network Infrastructure 8. Where should the IDS/IPS be located on the DMZ and why? 9. What servers or services can you install on the public-facing side of your DMZ? 10. Do you need a firewall in a router enabled if you have an external

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    Testing and Monitoring Security

    throughout your domain. A good administrator will set “triggers”, which are activities that are tagged for alarm, to allow him or herself to be alerted when a breach occurs. These services use protocols such as TCP, UDP, ICMP and SNMP(v1-3). Also, many firewalls can be set up to monitor incoming traffic by analyzing the ports on the TCP/UDP header and ensuring they are permitted to be passed within the domain. Within a windows domain, you can establish group policies to enforce restrictions on users that

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    Threats and Attacks to Computer Network

    Chapter 4 Threats and Attacks to a Computer Network Research shows that “threats to the computers and networks have been an issue since computers began to be used widely by the general public. Nowadays, any computer or network that is connected to the Internet is at risk” (http://infopeople.org/resources/security/basics/threats_vulnerabilities.html, 2008) There are unlimited different types of threats exists in computer networking field but in this report mainly six different common but important

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    Computer Security

    ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012, SEMESTER TWO, TEST TWO. COURSE NAME: COMPUTER SECURITY COURSE CODE: CSC3207 Instructions: Answer all questions. Duration: 1hour. Date sat. 15th April 2012 Test is out of 40marks. 1. Is magnetic media safe for data storage? Elaborate on your answer. 6mks NO. - It is volatile. - A lot of vigilance is required (no exposure to heat, sun light etc) - Forensics (data recovery tools undermine some operations like delete)

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    Identify Types of Security Events and Baseline Anomalies That Might Indicate Suspicious Activity.

    Identify types of security events and baseline anomalies that might indicate suspicious activity. Different traffic patterns can be a red flag when it comes to identifying different types of suspicious activities. There are multiple ways traffic can change to point out the activities: A sudden increase in overall traffic. This may just mean that your web site has been mentioned on a popular news site, or it may mean that someone is up to no good. A sudden jump in the number of bad or malformed

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    Sec 572 Week 1 Ilab Draft

    SEC 572 iLAB 1 Denial of Service Attacks Student Name: Aloysius Jallah Professor: Mark Merkow Name of the attack Denial of service attack (DoS): According to Week 1 TCO, denial of service attack is an attack that considerably reduces the power of the network from appropriately communicating with other networks and/or endpoint users (Merkow 2015). Hence, the end result of the attack is the incapacitation of the target network … rendering it inaccessible to its anticipated end-users through

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    Cyber Market

    changing to a user friendly environment of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) model this all poses threat to cyber security. Anti –virus, Anti- malware are expected to acquire the highest market share due to this. Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) an advanced version of the firewall that filters network and internet based traffic helps to detect application specific attacks is also another major solution. File layer attacks are the key emerging trends responsible for increasing these cases. Cyber security

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    Chapter 7 Assessment Answers

    Assessment Answers 1.) B.) is the following firewall rule that prevents internal users from accessing public FTP sites. 2.) A.) is a Default-Deny rule. 3.) The Default-Deny rule appears last in the rule set. 4.) C.) is the Mechanism that allows a firewall to hand off authentication to a dedicated service host on a different system. 5.) E.) All events should be included in the file log. 6.) Stopping intrusions is not an activity used in firewall logging. 7.) An internal user accessing

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    Course Project 2

    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

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    Modern Day Attacks Against Firewalls and Vpns

    Modern Day Attacks Against Firewalls and Virtual Private Networks Electronic technology is growing at a rapid rate; more devices are made mobile and wireless, but with those improvement and developments come flaws and malicious opportunities. Cyber attacks are on the rise and no system or device is immune. Many organizations employ multiple layers of firewalls but that doesn’t completely eliminate the threat. Attacks against firewalls and virtual private networks

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