From the course: Building and Auditing a Cybersecurity Program

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Network security monitoring to detect cyber threats

Network security monitoring to detect cyber threats

From the course: Building and Auditing a Cybersecurity Program

Network security monitoring to detect cyber threats

- [Instructor] From hackers to disgruntled personnel, most organizations are routinely exposed to security threats in the normal course of conducting business network. Security monitoring is key to quick threat detection. Network security monitoring is the process of continuously observing what is happening in your organization's network with the aim of detecting cyber threats, data breaches, and anomalous behavior. Effective network security monitoring requires you to collect, analyze, and correlate security data from across your organization's network. Automated tools deployed throughout the environment should be used to monitor key events and analyze system logs. The results of which should be reviewed regularly. Even with automated tools, human expertise and intuition are often required to identify and understand attacks. The following of the main tools and processes that support detection of threats through network…

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