Question

Case Project 4-2:Protecting the Network

You work for a company that hasn’t been too concerned about network security and performance, but as more employees are hired, management is beginning to worry that employees are using the Internet for purposes that aren’t work related. What types of network monitoring could you do to make sure Internet access is being used correctly in the company?

Answer 1

Types of Network Monitoring:

1. Firewalls - This protects networks
2. Intrusion detection system - A device that monitors systems or networks for malicious activity or policy violations.
3. Network tomography - This is an network measurement, that deals with monitoring the health of various links
4. Route analytics - This is an network measurement, that includes the methods, systems, algorithms and tools for monitoring the routing posture of networks.
5. Various types of protocols - This includes Site Monitoring Services (Such as HTTPS, SMTP, FTP, TCP, SSL, etc)
6. Details - Fetching required details
7. Internet server monitoring
   1. Servers around the globe
   2. Web server monitoring process
   3. Notifications
8. Having Service Level Agreements or SLAs

The Network Monitoring Systems provides five basic functions:

1. Discover
2. Map
3. Monitor
4. Alert
5. and Report.