Homework: Preventing & Detecting Intrusion Summary
The work you've done for your clients at the flooring company has helped them realize they have not taken cybersecurity seriously enough. Now that they realize the threats from hackers are more serious than they thought, they want to learn more about how to detect intruders in their systems to try to prevent the problems from happening because of a hack.
Write a 2 to 3 pages summary explaining how to prevent and detect intrusion in IT systems.
• Describe how penetration tests provide insight on network vulnerabilities through testing network defenses, such as firewalls, honeypots, and IDS.
• Explain how and why hackers circumvent firewalls.
• Explain IDS evasion and countermeasures to IDS evasion techniques.
• Describe the role of webserver hacking and detection in penetration testing.
• Identify 3 web server architectures and provide an example of a vulnerability for each.
• Identify tools and techniques used to detect intrusion web servers.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.