CS 411 CSU W7 Network Security Tool Discussion

After you have read the discussion instructions, select ONE of the following topics as your main discussion post. Post your main discussion as a new thread. Name the post using your name and an abbreviated description of the topic.

The textbook suggests the website https://sectools.org as a repository of the Top 125 Network Security Tools. A number of the listed tools and applications can be used for network audits and assessments and can be quite helpful for testing or evaluating network configurations.

A Director of Information Security stated that all good infosec professionals have a home lab environment for testing and maintaining their skills. If you are able, you are encouraged to try out the tool you selected in a testing environment on your network and include screenshots in your post. However, heed the warning in the text, these tools can be quite harmful to production environments. Exercise care when using these tools.