Network Vulnerability Assessment: Identify security loopholes in your network's infrastructure

Name: Network Vulnerability Assessment: Identify security loopholes in your network's infrastructure
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Sagar Rahalkar

Aug 2018 · Packt Publishing Ltd

4 reviews

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Build a network security threat model with this comprehensive learning guideKey Features

Develop a network security threat model for your organization
Gain hands-on experience in working with network scanning and analyzing tools
Learn to secure your network infrastructure

Book DescriptionThe tech world has been taken over by digitization to a very large extent, and so it’s become extremely important for an organization to actively design security mechanisms for their network infrastructures. Analyzing vulnerabilities can be one of the best ways to secure your network infrastructure. Network Vulnerability Assessment starts with network security assessment concepts, workflows, and architectures. Then, you will use open source tools to perform both active and passive network scanning. As you make your way through the chapters, you will use these scanning results to analyze and design a threat model for network security. In the concluding chapters, you will dig deeper into concepts such as IP network analysis, Microsoft Services, and mail services. You will also get to grips with various security best practices, which will help you build your network security mechanism. By the end of this book, you will be in a position to build a security framework fit for an organization. What you will learn

Develop a cost-effective end-to-end vulnerability management program
Implement a vulnerability management program from a governance perspective
Learn about various standards and frameworks for vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
Understand penetration testing with practical learning on various supporting tools and techniques
Gain insight into vulnerability scoring and reporting
Explore the importance of patching and security hardening
Develop metrics to measure the success of the vulnerability management program

Who this book is for

Network Vulnerability Assessment is for security analysts, threat analysts, and any security professionals responsible for developing a network threat model for an organization. This book is also for any individual who is or wants to be part of a vulnerability management team and implement an end-to-end robust vulnerability management program.

Build a network security threat model with this comprehensive learning guideKey Features Develop a network security threat model for your organization Gain hands-on experience in working with network scanning and analyzing tools Learn to secure your network infrastructure Book DescriptionThe tech...

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4 reviews

Anil Das

April 18, 2021

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Anil Das

November 13, 2020

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About the author

Sagar Rahalkar is a seasoned information security professional having more than 10 years of comprehensive experience in various verticals of IS. His domain expertise is mainly into breach detection, cyber crime investigations, digital forensics, application security, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, compliance for mandates and regulations, IT GRC, and much more. He holds a masters degree in computer science and several industry-recognized certifications such as Certified Cyber Crime Investigator, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Security Analyst, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, IBM certified Specialist-Rational AppScan, Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and PRINCE2. He has been closely associated with Indian law enforcement agencies for more than 3 years dealing with digital crime investigations and related training and received several awards and appreciations from senior officials of the police and defense organizations in India. Sagar has also been a reviewer and author for various books and online publications.

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