Network security
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There are many security tools (such as firewalls, network intrusion devices and routers) out there that can alert network administrators of any penetrations
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Introduction The LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) is a communications protocol that was developed by Cisco for use in point-to-point con
Network Security Fundamentals
Learn the fundamentals of networking and how to secure your networks with seven hands-on courses. What you'll learn:
- Models and protocols
- Networking best practices
- Wireless and mobile security
- Network security tools
- And more
In this series
- What is zero trust architecture (ZTA)? Pillars of zero trust and trends for 2024
- A deep dive into network security protocols: Safeguarding digital infrastructure 2024
- Asset mapping and detection: How to implement the nuts and bolts
- The Pentagon goes all-in on Zero Trust
- How to configure a network firewall: Walkthrough
- 4 network utilities every security pro should know: Video walkthrough
- How to use Nmap and other network scanners
- Security engineers: The top 13 cybersecurity tools you should know
- Converting a PCAP into Zeek logs and investigating the data
- Using Zeek for network analysis and detections
- Suricata: What is it and how can we use it
- Intrusion detection software best practices
- What is intrusion detection?
- How to use Wireshark for protocol analysis: Video walkthrough
- 9 best practices for network security
- Securing voice communications
- Introduction to SIEM (security information and event management)
- VPNs and remote access technologies
- Cellular Networks and Mobile Security
- Secure network protocols
- Network security (101)
- IDS/IPS overview
- Exploiting built-in network protocols for DDoS attacks
- Firewall types and architecture
- Wireless attacks and mitigation
- Wireless network overview
- Open source IDS: Snort or Suricata? [updated 2021]
- PCAP analysis basics with Wireshark [updated 2021]
- What is a firewall: An overview
- NSA report: Indicators of compromise on personal networks
- Securing the home office: Printer security risks (and mitigations)
- Email security
- Data integrity and backups
- Cost of non-compliance: 8 largest data breach fines and penalties
- How to find weak passwords in your organization’s Active Directory
- Monitoring business communication tools like Slack for data infiltration risks
- Firewalls and IDS/IPS
- IPv4 and IPv6 overview
- The OSI model and TCP/IP model
- Endpoint hardening (best practices)
- Wireless Networks and Security
- Networking fundamentals (for network security professionals)
- How your home network can be hacked and how to prevent it
- Network design: Firewall, IDS/IPS
- Work-from-home network traffic spikes: Are your employees vulnerable?
- RTS threshold configuration for improved wireless network performance [updated 2020]
- Web server protection: Web server security monitoring
- Web server security: Active defense
- Web server security: Infrastructure components
- Web server protection: Web application firewalls for web server protection