Why Network Security ?
Easiest way for attackers to gain entry into your infrastructure
Network
Protecting computer networks and network-accessible endpoints from
Malice
Misuse
Denial
Example, Firewalls:
The best-known network defense systems, enforcing access policies and filtering unauthorized traffic between artifacts in the network
Theory of Network Defense
Defending any complicated system
Due to the wide range of attacks on networks, Security controller
Must engage the attackers
Make no assumption about reliability of any one component
Network defense models
Access Control and Authentication
Intrusion Detection
Detecting In-Network Attackers
Data-Centric Security
Honeypots