CC Certified in Cybersecurity All-in-One Exam Guide

CHAPTER 3

Network Security

This chapter discusses the following topics:

•  Network fundamentals

•  Network threats and attacks

•  Network defenses

•  Network infrastructure

This chapter covers the Certified in Cybersecurity Domain 4. It starts with an overview of networking fundamentals, explaining key terminology, network devices, protocols, networking models, and how traffic moves around in a modern network. The next section provides a broad view of cyberattacks, not just network-based attacks, but many attacks an organization may face. We follow with coverage of aspects of network defenses, as (ISC)2 splits network defense topics between Domains 4 and Domain 5, which we cover in Chapter 4. We finish this chapter with a discussion of how ...