CHAPTER 6
Auditing Networking Devices
The network is the backbone of your IT infrastructure, enabling the transmission of data between users, data storage, and applications. Routers, switches, and firewalls work together to enable data transfer while protecting networks, data, and end users. Wireless networks extend these capabilities for mobile users or in places where the traditional infrastructure is too costly or undesirable. As network gear has evolved and become more powerful, new capabilities have been added, and an entire market segment known as the next-generation firewall (NGFW) has emerged. This chapter discusses how to review these critical pieces of your infrastructure while helping you to do the following:
• Unravel the complexity ...
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