Network Vulnerabilities

Network Vulnerabilities

1. Anti malware software

   • The software searches your computer and detects anything that is not right and removes the virus

2. Firewalls

   • controlls network traffic and monitors the internal and external networks.they are filters and see all the infomation going to and from the network

3. User access levels

   • A network host sets up a hierarchy of what people are allowed to access in terms of data.

4. password strength checker

   • it shows you how long it will take for a systematic program to break your password.

5. data encryptioin

   • A special code is needed to decode data that is locked by numbers or a password.

6. storage device virus scanning

   • protects the computer from external attacks that can be downloaded through a usb.

7. penetrating test

   • A simulated attack on a system to find out the security strength of a network.

8. network forensics

   • Monitoring network traffic for legal evidence or network intrusion.

9. Network security policies

   • basic architecture of a companies security system