Data Communication - Network Security

Measures

Third Form
How threats can affect computer networks

✔ Availability: assurance reliable access to information

✔ Integrity: accuracy and consistency of data.
✔ Confidentiality: set of rules that limits access to information
Logical and physical security

✔ Physical security is the protection of people, assets and

property from physical actions that may cause loss or
damage. For example: it prevents attackers from entering
a building by installing alarms, fences, security guards
etc.

✔ Logical security is the protection of computer software

and data by implementing passwords, biometrics and user
identifications.
 Difference between physical and
logical security
✔ Physical security protects the building and its assets, but logical
security protects access to computer systems.
Network Security measures
✔ Fire walls
✔ Antivirus software
✔ Network sniffers
✔ Anti spyware
✔ Network monitors
✔ Training employees
✔ Following procedures
 Fire walls
✔ A firewall is a software or hardware that filters data
entering and leaving a network or computer. They block
unauthorized access to or from private networks.
Antivirus software

✔ An antivirus software is a utility program that protects a

computer or network from computer viruses.
Network sniffers

✔ A Network sniffer is a software tool that examines data

flowing over a computer network in real time. This allows
individuals or companies to capture data as it is transmitted
over a network.
 Anti-spyware
✔ Anti-spyware is a type of software that is designed to
detect and remove unwanted spyware programs. Spyware
is a type of malware that is installed on a computer
without the user's knowledge in order to collect
information about them.
 Network Monitors
✔ Network monitoring is a critical IT process where all
networking components like routers, switches, firewalls,
servers, are monitored for fault and performance and
evaluated continuously to maintain and optimize their
availability.
 Employee training
✔ Employee training is a program that helps employees learn specific
knowledge or skills to improve performance in their current roles.
 Following policies - Standard operating
procedures

✔ Security guards ✔ Biometric systems

✔ Locks ✔ Username
✔ Surveillance cameras ✔ Password
✔ Motion detector ✔ Encryption
✔ Keypad