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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788839235

Length 326 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Nessus

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Singh Chauhan

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

Who this book is for
What this book covers
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1. Fundamental Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER

Why security?
Building blocks of information security
Computer security
Network security
Internet security
Security issues, threats, and attacks
Summary
Questions
Further reading

2. Secure Network Design

Access control
Network management and security design
Hardening your TCP/IP stack
DoS and DDoS attacks
IP spoofing
Ping sweeps and Port scans
DNS vulnerabilities
Two factor authentication
Summary
Questions
Further reading

3. Server-Level Security

Classification of data
Physical security
Disk encryption
Hardening server security
Authentication NTLM versus Kerberos
Password policies
Server-level permissions
Server antivirus and malware protection
Local security policies
Summary
Questions
Further reading

4. Cloud Security Design

Cloud offerings
Public versus private
Shared technology and shared danger
Security approach for cloud computing
DDoS attack protection
Data loss prevention
Exploited system vulnerabilities
Summary
Questions
Further reading

5. Application Security Design

GDPR
SQL Injection
WAFs
Blacklisting and whitelisting
Using HTTPS for everything
Summary
Questions
Further reading

6. Threat Detection and Response

Network threat detection
Endpoint threat detection
Security information and event management
Summary
Questions
Further reading

7. Vulnerability Assessment

Infrastructure concerns
Nessus installation, configuration, and vulnerability assessment methodology
Sample report
Summary
Questions
Further reading

8. Remote OS Detection

Reasons for OS detection
Determining vulnerability of target hosts
Tailoring exploits
OS detection technique with Nmap
TCP/IP fingerprinting methods supported by Nmap
Understanding an Nmap fingerprint
OS matching algorithms
Summary
Questions
Further reading

9. Public Key Infrastructure-SSL

Foundation of SSL
TLS versus SSL
Public Key Infrastructure
Attacks against PKI
Microsoft Windows and IIS
OpenSSL
SSL Management tools
Summary
Questions
Further reading

10. Firewall Placement and Detection Techniques

Technical requirements
Firewall and design considerations
Demilitarized Zone
OSI model versus TCP/IP model
Firewall performance, capabilities, and function
Summary
Questions
Further Reading

11. VPN and WAN Encryption

Overview
Classes of VPN
Type of VPN protocol
VPN Design
IKE V1 versus IKE V2
WAN Encryption technique
Summary
Questions
Further Reading

12. Summary and Scope of Security Technologies

DDoS protection
BGP FlowSpec
AI in cyber security
Next Gen SIEM
Software Defined Networking Firewall
Bring-Your-Own-Identity (BYOI)
Summary
Further reading

13. Assessment

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Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

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