Strategies for protecting network security
Now that we have gone through the TCP/IP suite and OSI model, network components and protocols, network devices and applications, some of the attacks, and how to defend against and detect those attacks, I would like to discuss some strategies you can use to actually protect your network and prevent malicious actors from having a field day in your estate.
Creating a policy
What we will want to do, in terms of a best practice, is define our strategy as a network security policy. This is a document that describes the rules that your organization will need to abide by in the realm of how the organization's environment is designed, maintained, protected, revised, and deprovisioned.
This document doesn't need to be complex, but can be as detailed as required to ensure the organization's network is effectively protected. How passwords or email attachments are handled in-transit can be included in this policy, or preferred...
