This assignment fully covers the criteria mentioned in the title. It contains a section entitled "Network attacks and Mitigation" which describes in detail different types of network attacks. There is also a "Software Mitigation" section along with a analysis of recent security breaches (Sony, Wann...
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Network attacks and mitigation........................................................................................................2
1. Reconnaissance attack...................................................................................................................2
2. Virus...............................................................................................................................................2
3. Worm.............................................................................................................................................2
5. Brute force attacks.........................................................................................................................3
6. DDOS attack with botnets..............................................................................................................3
Software mitigation..........................................................................................................................4
Intrusion detection and protection systems (IDPS)...........................................................................4
Host-based systems...........................................................................................................................4
Commercial IDPS 1 – McAfee NSP.....................................................................................................4
Commercial IDPS 2 – NSFocus NGIPS................................................................................................5
Analysis of recent security breaches.................................................................................................5
Sony pictures hacked.........................................................................................................................5
WannaCry..........................................................................................................................................6
Equifax breach...................................................................................................................................7
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