Identifiying and Preventing vulnerabilities

Identifiying and Preventing vulnerabilities

1. Firewall

   • Blocks unexpectd connections trying to access the network

2. Anti-Walware

   • Detects and block attacks from walware

3. Encription

   • Changes the original numbers and characters so that they are hidden or disguised

4. System security

   • Threats posed to networks
     • Malware
       • Malware is a software that is designed to distrupt,damage or gain authorized access to a computer system
     • Phishing
       • Phishing is when someone sends fraudulent emails for teh purpose of revealing personal information such as passwords and billing information
     • Social engineering
       • Social engineering is when the manager trains workers/ people using the network what is safe to use to try and prevent hacking and data theft
     • Brute force
       • A brute Force attack occurs when a hacker uses trial and error to gain informations such as user passwords and identification
     • DDOS
       • Distrubuted Denial of service is a type of attack where multiple comprimised systems, usually infected with trojan, are used to target a single system causing a denial
     • Data interception and theft
       • Data theft is when someonesteals computer based information from an unknowing victim with the intent of inruding privacy or obtaining confidential information
     • SQL Injection
       • SQL Injection is when malicious code is embedded into a poorly designed application
     • Poor Neetwork Policy

5. Penetration Testing

   • Penetration testing is when you test your own system to identify network or application vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit

6. Network Forensics

   • Network Forensics is when a system monitors network trafficing to gather information, evidence or to detect a threat

7. Network Polices

   • Network policies provide rules and guidelines on what network users can and cannot do.

8. User Access Levels

   • User Access levels are rules or preventions that restrict certain logins/computers from performing certain actions such as not being able to install software

9. Passwords

   • Having a secure password means only certain people with the login information can access the network