Modern Cryptography for Cybersecurity Professionals

Chapter 3: Evaluating Network Attacks

In today's information superhighway, there is a voluminous amount of data housed on our systems, and traveling over networks and the internet. Because of this, we must face the fact that it's not a matter of whether there will be an attack, it's a matter of when an attack will occur. The reality is that not all attacks are the same. In this chapter, we'll outline how a network can fall victim to either a passive or active attack, and we'll review examples of both. We'll see that while a passive attack may not seem serious, it can be a precursor to an active attack.

In addition, we'll see that there are many attack vectors that, if not properly protected, can lead to data exfiltration or exposure of confidential ...