Network Security with NetFlow and IPFIX: Big Data Analytics for Information Security (Networking Technology: Security)

A comprehensive guide for deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting NetFlow and learning big data analytics technologies for cyber security

 

Today’s world of network security is full of cyber security vulnerabilities, incidents, breaches, and many headaches. Visibility into the network is an indispensable tool for network and security professionals and Cisco NetFlow creates an environment where network administrators and security professionals have the tools to understand who, what, when, where, and how network traffic is flowing.

 

Network Security with NetFlow and IPFIX is a key resource for introducing yourself to and understanding the power behind the Cisco NetFlow solution. Omar Santos, a Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) technical leader and author of numerous books including the CCNA Security 210-260 Official Cert Guide, details the importance of NetFlow and demonstrates how it can be used by large enterprises and small-to-medium-sized businesses to meet critical network challenges. This book also examines NetFlow’s potential as a powerful network security tool.

 

Network Security with NetFlow and IPFIX explores everything you need to know to fully understand and implement the Cisco Cyber Threat Defense Solution. It also provides detailed configuration and troubleshooting guidance, sample configurations with depth analysis of design scenarios in every chapter, and detailed case studies with real-life scenarios.

 

You can follow Omar on Twitter: @santosomar

 

• NetFlow and IPFIX basics
• Cisco NetFlow versions and features
• Cisco Flexible NetFlow
• NetFlow Commercial and Open Source Software Packages
• Big Data Analytics tools and technologies such as Hadoop, Flume, Kafka, Storm, Hive, HBase, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana (ELK)
• Additional Telemetry Sources for Big Data Analytics for Cyber Security
• Understanding big data scalability
• Big data analytics in the Internet of everything
• Cisco Cyber Threat Defense and NetFlow
• Troubleshooting NetFlow
• Real-world case studies