Network hardening techniques

Cyberattacks occur all the time; each day, there are many reports of unknown cyberattacks that have been discovered by various security organizations and security researchers around the world. However, many organizations do not realize their systems and networks have been compromised by a threat actor until months after the attack has occurred. The longer an organization takes to discover its systems and networks have been breached, the more time the hacker has to dig deeper into the network and install multiple backdoors while going undetected. Hence, implementing network hardening techniques reduces the risk of being compromised while improving the security of the network.

Implementing network security best practices helps network professionals ensure their network infrastructure, such as its network devices and security appliances, are properly secured against hackers, cyberattacks, and threats. While networking devices are designed to forward frames...