CCNA Security 640-554 Official Cert Guide

Chapter 10. Planning a Threat Control Strategy

This chapter covers the following subjects:

• Designing threat mitigation and containment

• Securing networks via hardware/software/services

It is no secret that security is one of the top priorities for most commercial and government networks today. Over the past couple of decades, the methods, speed, and technical skills have improved for those individuals who maliciously are trying to gain access to data that is not authorized for them, to disrupt services for authorized users, or in general to cause harm.

Today, the security design is a mission-critical aspect of the network. This chapter covers design considerations with focus on threat mitigation and containment. The chapter then reviews ...