Information Security Threat Categories

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Information Security Threats categories are as follows:
Network Threats
The primary components of network infrastructure are routers, switches, and
firewalls. These devices not only perform routing and other network
operations, but they also control and protect the running applications, servers,
and devices from attacks and intrusions. The poorly configured device offers
intruder to exploit. Common vulnerabilities on the network include using
default installation settings, open access controls, Weak encryption &
Passwords, and devices lacking the latest security patches. Top network level
threats include:
Information gathering
Sniffing & Eavesdropping
Spoofing
Session hijacking
Man-in-the-Middle Attack
DNS & ARP Poisoning
Password-based Attacks
Denial-of-Services Attacks
Compromised Key Attacks
Firewall & IDS Attacks





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