Insight Into Packet Forwarding Decision Process
Now that the router has determined the best path for a packet based on the longest match, it must determine how to encapsulate the packet […]
CYBER SECURITY
8 General Security Practices For Home Networking
When it comes to general security breaches, home networks are the most susceptible to attacks. The reason is that home network users always have the […]
Understanding IP PDU Details For IPV4 And IPV6
IP was designed as a Layer 3 connectionless protocol. It provides the necessary functions to deliver a packet from a source host to a destination […]
Highlighting Various Network Security Monitoring Tool
In this article, I want to look at common network security monitoring tools in cybersecurity. Follow me as we look at this together in […]
Analysing Network Security Topology In Cybersecurity
“All networks are targets” is a common adage used to describe the current landscape of network security. Therefore, to mitigate threats, all networks must be […]
Analysing Denial Of Service Attack In Cybersecurity
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack creates some sort of interruption of network services to users, devices, or applications. In this article, I want to […]
Reconnaissance Attacks In Networking: How It Works
Reconnaissance is information gathering. It is analogous to a thief surveying a neighbourhood by going door-to-door pretending to sell something. What the thief […]
Understanding The Evolution Of Security Tools
Ethical hacking involves using many different types of tools to test the network and end devices. To validate the security of a network and its […]
Guidelines For Ensuring Credit Card Safety
In my previous article, I talked about how online shopping has made life easy for people making transactions online. Despite the fact that it […]
Understanding IP Vulnerabilities In Networking
In my previous article, I have talked about some of the facts that you need to know about network security. This article talks about […]
Understanding Address Resolution Protocol Vulnerabilities
Hosts broadcast an ARP Request to other hosts on the network segment to determine the MAC address of a host with a particular IP […]
Common Http And Https Exploits For Networks
Internet browsers are used by almost everyone. Blocking web browsing completely is not an option because businesses need access to the web, without undermining […]
Understanding Threats And Vulnerabilities For Networks
In this article, I want to look at some of the facts that you need to know about threats and vulnerabilities for networks. […]
Understanding Security Policy Regulations And Standards
Business policies are the guidelines that are developed by an organization to govern its actions. The policies define standards of correct behaviour for the business […]
Understanding CIA Triad In Cyber Security
Information security deals with protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. In this article, I will be […]
Understanding AAA Operation In Cyber Security
Understanding AAA Operation In Cyber Security A network must be designed to control who is allowed to connect to it and what they are […]
Securing Communications In Cyber Security: How ?
Organizations must provide support to secure the data as it travels across links. This may include internal traffic, but it is even more important […]
Data Confidentiality In Cybersecurity: What You Should Know
There are two classes of encryption used to provide data confidentiality; asymmetric and symmetric. These two classes differ in how they use keys. In […]
Authority And PKI Trust System: The Facts
Internet traffic consists of traffic between two parties. When establishing an asymmetric connection between two hosts, the hosts will exchange their public key information. […]
Host Based Firewalls In Cybersecurity: The Facts
Host-based personal firewalls are standalone software programs that control traffic entering or leaving a computer. Firewall apps are also available for Android phones and […]