Intro to Network Security
The unchecked Web application is a risk to the organization hosting the application and the users that rely on the application in their daily lives. The risk of loss is real and no matter how much effort an organization puts into securing their environment, there is always some residual risk. So how should that residual risk be dealt with? Once identified, what step should be taken to deal with the residual risk?
Network based attacks take advantage of vulnerabilities to expose a large number of devices to malicious users. List at least two different types of network attacks, describe what they are and the impact that it has on network users.