Network Security Auditing

Chapter 5. Auditing Cisco Security Solutions

Cisco offers an extensive security technology portfolio that encompasses every aspect of network communications. Auditing this wide range of devices requires an approach that analyzes the network as a system of controls and not just as individual devices. This chapter’s purpose is to define security services that are enabled through logical groupings of Cisco products. These security services deliver business solutions through security controls that cover people, process, and technology. The introduction of these auditing domains provides a roadmap for how the remainder of this book is organized and also puts into context how each domain is used to address the security needs of a business. The process ...