Network Security and Monitoring Fundamentals Questions

Covers network security foundational concepts and how monitoring supports threat detection and response. Topics include network segmentation and design, firewall function and placement, flow analysis and network traffic analysis, protocol anomalies, identifying lateral movement and data exfiltration, use of network logs for forensics, and how monitoring systems integrate with detection tooling. Candidates should understand methods for detecting suspicious network behavior, indicators of compromise observable on the network, and how to architect monitoring to support incident detection and containment.