Whether offering Internet access to patrons or providing an online catalogue, steps must be taken to implement effective network security to protect your resources. With a proper technology plan in place, you should have already addressed many of the issues surrounding network security. Our purpose here is to provide insight for the particular issues regarding network security, including:

• Understanding networking concepts
• Identifying vulnerabilities on your network
• Creating security policies and selecting and configuring a firewall

We also focus on wide area networking and network management. For more information about LANs and the basics of networking, you should refer to our Further Resources section.