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Network Security Threats

Network Security Threats Introduction: Security plays a very critical role in safeguarding networks that are connecting more and more people every day. Information that is being exchanged between networked computers is very vulnerable to attacks. This increases the security challenges for network security  professionals to protect the information and  identity of users connected globally. Network  security is needed in almost every field  and includes small and large organizations,  governmental  entities, homes, and  even countries at large.  Over the last few years, it has been observed that there is a massive increase in hacking and other malicious activities. Moreover, many threats are being created for the sole purpose of acquiring the personal information of users. Therefore, it is important to use a security program that can provide complete proactive protection, i.e., it can safeguard you before you get infected. In this chapter, we look a...