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The system administrator duties including the monitoring the systems to ensure the secure, reliable, and authorized access.

Security methods can include:

Application hardware such as firewalls, proxy servers and DMZ

Protection methods such as intrusion detection and prevention systems

Honeypots and decoy-based intrusion-detection technology

Auditing, network monitoring, and packet analysis software such as Wireshark, SNMP

Account access control management

1. Give an example of an application hardware, describes the use for protection with the pros and cons. Outline the type of risks you would be addressing with this protection.

2. Select an example of an intrusion detection and prevention system. Give a description outlining the pros and cons. What risks would this provide protection?

3. Detail the use of auditing and network monitoring and what should be observed for securing the infrastructure.

4. Discuss account management and access control.

5. What role do security policies provide the organization?

6. What should be included in an incident response plan?