Understanding network architecture
As an aspiring network professional, it’s essential to understand the importance of designing an optimal network architecture to support both the current and future demands of an organization. Quite often, many organizations experience a lot of network congestion with too many broadcast messages propagating their network and users complaining about the high latency (slow response times) between their end devices and the servers on the network. Without a proper network design, network security and cybersecurity professionals experience challenges when implementing security solutions and countermeasures to mitigate cyberattacks and threats.
For instance, imagine an organization that’s experiencing a lot of network congestion and security issues within its network. If the organization upgrades its network infrastructure with new networking devices and cabling, it doesn’t necessarily mean its problems are resolved. It all begins...