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CHAPTER 12
Managing Security
This chapter discusses network security in terms of security management and policy. You
will be tested on network security topics that include security threats, risks, policy com-
pliance, and securing network connectivity. The chapter goes on to explain how network
security management and policy provide a framework for secure networks. This chapter
also explores trust and identity management, which defines how network access can oc-
cur, and threat defense, which adds increased levels of security into network endpoints.
The “Do I Know This Already?” quiz helps you identify your strengths and deficiencies in
this chapter's topics.
The ten-question quiz, derived from the major sections in the “Foundation Topics” portion
of the chapter, helps you determine how to spend your limited study time.
Ta ble 1 2 -1 outlines the major topics discussed in this chapter and the “Do I Know This
Already?” quiz questions that correspond to those topics.
Ta b l e 1 2 -1
Do I Know This Already?” Foundation Topics Section-to-Question Mapping
Foundation Topics Section
Questions Covered in This Section
Network Security Overview
1- 4
Security Policy and Process
5, 6
Tr u st and Ident it y Management
7
Secure Connectivity
8
Threat Defense
9
Security Management Solutions
10
