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Learning Outcomes

Understand what is in store for the week.
Programmer looking at visualization of software.
In the coming week, we will cover the following topics:

  • logs, auditing, and using monitoring software
  • what IP addresses can tell you about network users or hackers
  • phishing and spear phishing

By the end of this week, you will understand how to:

  • use log files in network security
  • use monitoring software for network security
  • protect a network from phishing attacks

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