Auditing Neglected Critical Infrastructure - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

Key network infrastructure devices are overlooked yet they provide critical functionality. Exploiting web application weaknesses and service buffer overflows is exciting, but the housekeeping of network infrastructure is not. Issues in network infrastructure devices can lead to network wide problems that would cause system admininstration nightmares. This presentation provides a review of key security devices, often side-lined when looking at security. It covers the value of these devices to "Blue Teams", issues "Red Teams" can highlight, desired outcomes and auditing practices.