Security management

Security management for networks is different for all kinds of situations. A home or small office may only require basic security while large businesses may require high-maintenance and advanced software and hardware to prevent malicious attacks from hacking and spamming.

Types of Attacks

Networks are subject to attacks from malicious sources. Attacks can be from two categories: “Passive” when a network intruder intercepts data traveling through the network, and “Active” in which an intruder initiates commands to disrupt the network’s normal operation.

Types of attacks include:

• Passive
  • Network
    • Wiretapping
    • Port scanner
    • Idle scan
• Active
  • Denial-of-service attack
  • DNS spoofing
  • Spoofing
  • Man in the middle
  • ARP poisoning
  • Smurf attack
  • Buffer overflow
  • Heap overflow
  • Format string attack
  • SQL injection
  • Phishing
  • Cross-site scripting
  • CSRF
  • Cyber-attack