Mastering™ Network Security, Second Edition

2.5. Summary

Building on the work of the first chapter, the material we've just covered illustrates how perfect (and effortless) security is a myth. As with any endeavor, we focus on reducing our risk in the most cost-effective way through a continual cycle of analysis, planning, implementation, and maintenance. Finally, we talked about the need to constantly maintain our alertness. In the next chapter, we'll start looking at the technical nuts and bolts of how networks function.