SECUR Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam 642-501)

Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Network Security

Terms you'll need to understand:

• RFC 2196, “Site Security Handbook”

• Threat types

• Structured

• Unstructured

• External

• Internal

• Packet sniffing

• IP spoofing

• Denial of service (DoS)

• Distributed denial of service (DDoS)

• Strong password

• Vulnerability

• Exploit

• Man-in-the-middle attack

• Trust exploitation

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Recognizing the importance of security and security policy

• Listing the types of network attacks

• Listing the types of network threats

• Mitigating different attacks