Securing Network Infrastructure
Digitizationdrivestechnologytoday,whichiswhyit’ssoimportantfororganizationstodesignsecuritymechanismsfortheirnetworkinfrastructures.Analyzingvulnerabilitiesisoneofthebestwaystosecureyournetworkinfrastructure.ThisLearningPathbeginsbyintroducingyoutothevariousconceptsofnetworksecurityassessment,workflows,andarchitectures.Youwilllearntoemployopensourcetoolstoperformbothactiveandpassivenetworkscanningandusetheseresultstoanalyzeanddesignathreatmodelfornetworksecurity.Withafirmunderstandingofthebasics,youwillthenexplorehowtouseNessusandNmaptoscanyournetworkforvulnerabilitiesandopenportsandgainbackdoorentryintoanetwork.Asyouprogressthroughthechapters,youwillgaininsightsintohowtocarryoutvariouskeyscanningtasks,includingfirewalldetection,OSdetection,andaccessmanagementtodetectvulnerabilitiesinyournetwork.BytheendofthisLearningPath,youwillbefamiliarwiththetoolsyouneedfornetworkscanningandtechniquesforvulnerabilityscanningandnetworkprotection.ThisLearningPathincludescontentfromthefollowingPacktbooks:NetworkScanningCookbookbySairamJetty.NetworkVulnerabilityAssessmentbySagarRahalkar.
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