Computer and Information Security Blog at the moment..

Some of the top security certifications: CEH: Certified Ethical Hacker CISM: Certified Information Security Manager CompTIA Security+ CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional GSEC: SANS GIAC Security Essentials References: Tittel, E. (2018). Best Information Security Certifications 2018. Business News Daily Contributing Writers. Retrieved from: https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10708-information-security-certifications.html

"Wireless networks are inherently insecure" (Lawrence, 2018). "Wireless network security primarily protects a wireless network from unauthorized and malicious access attempts". (Technopedia, 2018) There are 3 indispensable wireless security protocols: WEP, WPA, and WPA2, each with their own strengths, and weaknesses. In addition to preventing uninvited guests from connecting to your wireless network, wireless security protocols encrypt your private data as it is being transmitted over the airwaves. To further understand these protocols we need to define each one of them: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP): The original encryption protocol developed for wireless networks. As its name implies, WEP was designed to provide the same level of security as wired networks. However, WEP has many well-known security flaws, is difficult to configure, and is easily broken. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA): Introduced as an interim security enhancement over WEP while the 802.11i wire...

" Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks impact system availability by flooding the target system with traffic or requests or by exploiting a system or software flaw" (PCcare, 2018). What happens during a DoS attack , is that a single attacker directs an attack against a single target, sending packets directly to the target. It basically targets the network bandwidth or connectivity. There are many common forms of DoS attacks , for example: Smurf Fraggle Ping flood Ping-of-death Syn Flood Land Teardrop DNS poisoning Banana Attack Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) Deuthentication (Deauth) One of the most knowledgeable and used is Spam . It consists of sending unwanted e-mail messages to users. It's considered a from of DoS because: It consumes bandwidth that is used by legitimate traffic.  It can fill a mailbox or hard disk and result in legitimate e-mail being rejected.  Spam is often distributed by hijacking misconfigured...