Firewall Policies and VPN Configurations

Chapter 2

Using Your Policies to Create Firewall and VPN Configurations

Topics in this chapter:

■ Logical Security Configuration

■ Profiling Network Assets

■ Users and User Groups

■ Security Areas

■ Security Area Risk Rating

■ Writing Firewall and VPN logical Security Configurations

☑ Summary

☑ Solutions Fast Track

☑ Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

As we learned in the previous chapter, securing your network starts with creating various security policies that articulate the rules, requirements, standards, and recommendations specific to your environment. As our businesses depend more and more on networks and the resources they provide, it is increasingly important that we protect these resources from unauthorized access, attacks, and exploits against ...