Network Security

1. Introduction to Network Security

   1.1 Basic fundamentals and network elements

   1.2 TCP/IP native protocols and main security issues

   1.3 An overview of network-level attacks

2. Main network attacks and tools

   2.1 Attacks to confidentiality

   2.2 Attacks to integrity

   2.3 Attacks to availability

   2.4 Other related attacks

3. Security protocols in TCP/IP

   3.1 Link-level security

   3.2 Network-level security

   3.3 Transport-level security

   3.4 Application-level security

4. Secure network configuration

   4.1 Switches and routers hardening

   4.2 Virtual private networks

   4.3 Firewall and DMZ

   4.4 Detection, prevention, and deception

   4.5 Endpoints hardening (Linux, Windows)