Security+ Exam Prep Question of the Week

VLANs represent what? Virtualized honey pots IP subnetting hardware imposed network segmentation wireless accessible service network The correct answer is 3. A VLAN is a network segmentation created by a switch. Thus, it is a hardware imposed network segmentation. Related Courses Security+ Certification Boot Camp (SYO-301) Security+ Prep Course (SYO-301) CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) […]

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Common Network Routing Protocols and Threat Consequences

RFC 4593 was released in 2006 and is titled Generic Threats to Routing Protocols. In this RFC, several threats to routing protocols are identified. This RFC focused on commonly used network protocols, including OSPF, IS-IS, RIP, and BGP.

To fully understand the threat consequences to routing protocols, it’s useful to consider what routing protocols do.

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Developing Agile Management

The traditional project planning process is supposed to help us identify when a project cannot be successful before the work begins. But in reality, the number of unknowns often makes it impossible to make such dire predictions with any certainty. This is just as true with Agile projects as with any other. But Agile projects have an advantage in that there is a ready-made barometer built into the process that will provide early warning of impending doom.

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What is a Service Portfolio?

ITIL describes a service portfolio as a collection of the overall set of services managed by a service provider. A service portfolio describes a service provider’s boundaries and promises across all of the customers and market spaces it serves. I like to think of a service portfolio as describing the past, present, and future collection of services offered by a service provider. The figure below shows a high-level view of a service portfolio.

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