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Practical Network Scanning

You're reading from Practical Network Scanning Capture network vulnerabilities using standard tools such as Nmap and Nessus

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788839235

Length 326 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

Nessus

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Singh Chauhan

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Fundamental Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER

2. Secure Network Design

3. Server-Level Security

4. Cloud Security Design

5. Application Security Design

6. Threat Detection and Response

7. Vulnerability Assessment

8. Remote OS Detection

9. Public Key Infrastructure-SSL

10. Firewall Placement and Detection Techniques

11. VPN and WAN Encryption

12. Summary and Scope of Security Technologies

1. Assessment

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Index

Further reading

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Authors (1)

Singh Chauhan

Singh Chauhan

Ajay Singh Chauhan is an experienced Network and Security Architect and has been working extensively in the IT industry for 15 years. During his career, he has had varied responsibilities, ranging from looking after an entire IT infrastructure to providing network operations, implementation, and network design solutions. Ajay works almost exclusively with large-scale cloud datacenter multi-vendor technologies. He contributes to the Cisco blogging platform by providing IT Professionals with troubleshooting tips and tricks.

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