James Williams
NET-TRAFFIC-01: Traffic analysis involves monitoring and analyzing network communications to detect threats
NET-FIREWALL-01: Firewall configuration provides network perimeter security and access control
Final Assessment: Comprehensive security assessment covering all course topics
Impact: Data breaches, service disruption, financial loss, reputation damage
<!-- Wireshark Filters -->
# HTTP traffic
http
# HTTPS traffic
ssl
# DNS queries
dns
# Suspicious patterns
tcp.flags.syn == 1 and tcp.flags.ack == 0
# Source IP analysis
ip.src == 192.168.1.100
# Port scanning detection
tcp.port == 22 and tcp.flags.syn == 1
<!-- NetFlow Analysis -->
# High bandwidth flows
flow-export destination 192.168.1.100 2055
flow-export version 9
flow-export template timeout-rate 1
<!-- sFlow Configuration -->
sflow agent-ip 192.168.1.1
sflow collector-ip 192.168.1.100
sflow sampling-rate 1000
sflow polling-interval 20
<!-- Baseline Traffic Patterns -->
# Normal business hours
08:00-18:00: 1000-5000 packets/min
18:00-08:00: 100-500 packets/min
# Anomaly thresholds
Bandwidth: >200% of baseline
Connections: >500% of baseline
Failed logins: >10 per minute
# Alert conditions
if (traffic > baseline * 2) {
trigger_alert("High traffic volume");
}
<!-- User Behavior Analysis -->
# Normal user patterns
- Login during business hours
- Access to authorized resources
- Normal data transfer volumes
# Suspicious patterns
- Login outside business hours
- Access to unauthorized resources
- Unusual data transfer patterns
- Multiple failed login attempts
<!-- Basic Firewall Rules -->
# Default policies
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD DROP
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
# Allow loopback
iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
# Allow established connections
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# Allow SSH from specific network
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j ACCEPT
<!-- Rate Limiting -->
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m recent --set --name SSH
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 4 --name SSH -j DROP
<!-- Port Knocking -->
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 1000 -m recent --set --name KNOCK1
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2000 -m recent --rcheck --seconds 10 --name KNOCK1 -m recent --set --name KNOCK2
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3000 -m recent --rcheck --seconds 10 --name KNOCK2 -j ACCEPT
<!-- Cisco Zone-Based Firewall -->
# Define zones
zone security INSIDE
zone security OUTSIDE
zone security DMZ
# Define zone pairs
zone-pair security INSIDE-OUTSIDE source INSIDE destination OUTSIDE
zone-pair security OUTSIDE-DMZ source OUTSIDE destination DMZ
# Apply policies
class-map type inspect INSIDE-OUTSIDE
match access-group 100
policy-map type inspect INSIDE-OUTSIDE-POLICY
class INSIDE-OUTSIDE
inspect
<!-- Application Control -->
# Block specific applications
application-control
block facebook
block youtube
allow business-apps
# Deep Packet Inspection
dpi
inspect http
inspect https
inspect ftp
inspect smtp
<!-- Security Assessment Process -->
1. Planning and Preparation
- Define scope and objectives
- Obtain authorization
- Gather information
2. Reconnaissance
- Network discovery
- Service enumeration
- Vulnerability scanning
3. Vulnerability Assessment
- Manual testing
- Automated scanning
- Risk analysis
4. Reporting
- Document findings
- Risk prioritization
- Remediation recommendations
<!-- Testing Techniques -->
# Network Testing
- Port scanning
- Service enumeration
- Protocol analysis
- Traffic analysis
# Application Testing
- Web application scanning
- Authentication testing
- Input validation testing
- Session management testing
# Social Engineering
- Phishing simulations
- Physical security testing
- Awareness assessment
Skills Needed: Security assessment, Risk management, Incident response, Compliance
Our OS³ Studio provides hands-on experience with:
Access: Available through university portal
Lesson: Comprehensive monitoring and traffic analysis are essential for detecting sophisticated attacks
Use OS³ Studio to perform network traffic analysis and configure firewall rules.
Time: 45 minutes
Focus on comprehensive network security analysis and implementation
Take a break, ask questions, or catch up on the previous task.
Next: Final Assessment and Task 2
<!-- Incident Response Phases -->
1. Preparation
- Incident response plan
- Team roles and responsibilities
- Communication procedures
2. Identification
- Detect security incidents
- Analyze indicators of compromise
- Assess impact and scope
3. Containment
- Isolate affected systems
- Prevent further damage
- Preserve evidence
4. Eradication
- Remove threats
- Patch vulnerabilities
- Strengthen defenses
5. Recovery
- Restore systems
- Monitor for reoccurrence
- Validate security
6. Lessons Learned
- Document incident
- Update procedures
- Improve security
<!-- Forensic Analysis -->
# Memory analysis
volatility -f memory.dump --profile=Win7SP1x64 pslist
volatility -f memory.dump --profile=Win7SP1x64 netscan
# Disk analysis
autopsy
sleuthkit
# Network forensics
wireshark
tshark -r capture.pcap -T fields -e ip.src -e ip.dst
# Timeline analysis
log2timeline.py timeline.csv /path/to/evidence
<!-- ELK Stack Configuration -->
# Elasticsearch configuration
cluster.name: security-cluster
node.name: security-node-1
network.host: 0.0.0.0
http.port: 9200
# Logstash configuration
input {
beats {
port => 5044
}
}
filter {
if [fields][log_type] == "security" {
grok {
match => { "message" => "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:timestamp} %{IP:source_ip} %{GREEDYDATA:message}" }
}
}
}
<!-- Threat Intelligence Feeds -->
# IOC (Indicators of Compromise)
- IP addresses
- Domain names
- File hashes
- Email addresses
# Threat Intelligence Sources
- Commercial feeds
- Open source feeds
- Government sources
- Industry sharing
# Integration with SIEM
- Automated correlation
- Real-time alerts
- Historical analysis
- Trend analysis
<!-- Security Frameworks -->
# NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Identify: Asset management, Risk assessment
- Protect: Access control, Data security
- Detect: Monitoring, Detection processes
- Respond: Response planning, Communications
- Recover: Recovery planning, Improvements
# ISO 27001
- Information security management system
- Risk management
- Security controls
- Continuous improvement
# COBIT
- IT governance framework
- Process management
- Control objectives
- Maturity models
<!-- Risk Assessment Process -->
1. Asset Identification
- Hardware assets
- Software assets
- Data assets
- Human assets
2. Threat Analysis
- External threats
- Internal threats
- Threat likelihood
- Threat impact
3. Vulnerability Assessment
- Technical vulnerabilities
- Process vulnerabilities
- Human vulnerabilities
4. Risk Calculation
Risk = Threat × Vulnerability × Impact
5. Risk Treatment
- Accept
- Avoid
- Mitigate
- Transfer
Use OS³ Studio to perform a comprehensive security assessment covering all course topics.
Time: 45 minutes
Focus on demonstrating comprehensive understanding of all course topics
Total: 12 sessions, 36 hours, comprehensive cybersecurity education
For students with additional time, explore advanced security topics:
Deliverable: Advanced security research report