Following a 4-week period of public consultation, issue 1.0 of the Network Security knowledge area has been released. Within this KA the challenges associated with securing a network under a variety of attacks for a number of networking technologies and widely used security protocols, along with emerging security challenges and solutions.
It aims to provide the necessary background to understand other knowledge areas in particular, the Security Operations & Incident Management KA which takes a more holistic view of security and deals with operational aspects.