Network Security A Security Platform For Users,...

NETWORK SECURITY VIPUL KUMAR KOTHIFODA ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY A20357836, vkothifo@hawk.iit.edu ABSTRACT In today’s world Network Security plays a vital role to protect the underlying network infrastructure from unauthorized access, malfunction, modification and improper disclosure. Network security helps to create a security platform for users, programs, and computers. Security became a major concern with the explosion of the public internet and e-commerce, private computers and computer networks. This white paper outlines the overview of network security threats and its solution which protects you and your organization from threats and malware and confirms that data travelling across your network is safe. Keywords: [Click†¦show more content†¦Network Security involves authorization of access to data in a network because each and every client who is working on the internet wants security and sometimes he or she do not know that someone else may be an intruder collecting the information. The vast topic of network security is scrutinized by researching the following. 1. History of network security 2. Attacks and Prevention Method. 3. Role of Network Protocol 4. Pros and Cons HISTORY OF NETWORK SECURITY Securing information over had started in the late 1960s when network only occurred in the sense of huge mainframes and several networked terminal. Network security has advanced day by day due to increasing faith on public networks not to reveal personal as well as professional information. The first crime was committed by Kevin Mitnick. This was the largest computer-related crime in U.S. history. In this crime people losses eighty million dollars from different companies. In the 1970s the birth of internet takes place in 1969 by Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANet) is commissioned by Department of Defense (DOD) for research in networking. In the very beginning, ARPANET succeed. The Inter Networking Working Group (INWG) becomes the first of multiple