You are the Manager of Information Security Operations for a medium-sized organization and report directly to the Chief Information Security Officer...

You are the Manager of Information Security Operations for a medium-sized organization and report directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in the Information Security department. The organization consists of a headquarters and six geographically dispersed offices. You work at the headquarters location and manage a team of five security engineers.The role of the Information Security department is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization's data and systems. One of your key responsibilities is understanding, analyzing, and designing the security architecture for the enterprise network. This network not only supports the internal employees of the organization but also leverages the Internet for communication with vendors, customers, and remote employees. Your team of five security engineers is responsible for the following areas of network security: • Network security policy planning and implementation • Attack prevention and mitigation • Secure authentication techniques • Wireless LAN (WLAN) security and authentication • Hardware firewalls and DMZs • WAN security • Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) • Remote user security and authentication Following a recent increase in cyber attacks in the industry, the CISO has directed you to develop network security strategies that will ensure that the organization's network is protected from both internal and external security risks. The CISO requests that you provide him with a one-page summary on a specific network security-related topic prior to each meeting. The CISO has a meeting with the CIO at the end of this week. He wants to discuss the organization's largest information security threat (external cyber attacks) and the steps we have taken to mitigate the risks associated with these threats. Please provide a summary of the steps you can take to mitigate the risks associated with:• Denial-of-Service attacks (DoS) • Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks (DDoS) • Masquerading and IP Spoofing • Smurf attacks • Land.c attacks • Man-in-the-Middle attacks