Summary

This chapter gave an overview of network security and discussed the challenges of managing a secured network infrastructure. The chapter discussed how the security paradigm is changing and that security solutions today are no longer product based. Instead, they are more solution oriented and designed with business objectives in mind. The chapter also discussed the core principles of security—the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity, and availability—followed by brief discussion of aspects of security policies: standards, procedures, baselines, guidelines, and various security models. The chapter takes a detailed look at the perimeter security issue and the multilayered security approach. The chapter concludes with the Cisco security wheel paradigm involving five cyclical steps.