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Network and Systems Hardening

Network hardening Make sure your firewall is correctly configured, that all rules are periodically reviewed, that remote access points and users are secure, that any open network ports are blocked, that extraneous protocols and services are disabled and removed, that access lists are in place, and that network data is encrypted. Systems Hardening Audit your current systems: Conduct a thorough audit of your current technologies (you can use). To identify system weaknesses and order remedies, use security auditing techniques like configuration management, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing. Utilize industry standards from NIST, Microsoft, CIS, DISA, and other sources to conduct system hardening assessments against resources. Create a strategy for systems hardening: Not every system needs to be hardened at once. Instead, develop a strategy and plan based on the risks found in your IT ecosystem, and then utilize a staged approach to fix the most serious issues. Patch ...

Types of Threats

Network Threats

Information gathering

Sniffing & Eavesdropping

Spoofing

Session hijacking

Man-in-the-Middle Attack

DNS & ARP Poisoning

Password-based Attacks

Denial-of-Services Attacks

Compromised Key Attacks

Firewall & IDS Attacks

Host Threats

Malware Attacks

Footprinting

Password Attacks

Denial-of-Services Attacks

Arbitrary code execution

Unauthorized Access

Privilege Escalation

Backdoor Attacks

Physical Security Threats

Application Threats

Improper Data / Input Validation

Authentication & Authorization Attack

Security Misconfiguration

Information Disclosure

Broken Session Management

Buffer Overflow Issues

Cryptography Attacks

SQL Injection

Improper Error handling & Exception Management


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