Securing Network Infrastructure and Switched Networks

It seems that the attacks that get most of the attention in the media are borne from the creative minds that exploit limited resources by attacking from afar through the Internet. While there are many reasons behind an attack, proving ability, earning recognition and achieving a level of notoriety certainly inspire many of them. If causing harm to a company and/or stealing their intellectual property are the primary goals, more efficient attacks can be launched against the company's infrastructure. Enhancing infrastructure security can simply be an extension to a good network design that applies network availability principles such as monitoring, redundancy, effective disaster recovery and protection of assets from damage.