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ISC2 SSCP Oct 2025 outline · Domain 6: Network & communications security

Network attacks: ARP poisoning, DNS poisoning, DoS/DDoS, SYN flood, on-path, spoofing

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Many network attacks exploit protocols that were designed for trust, not hostility. As a practitioner you need to recognize the signs of each, understand the weakness it abuses, and know the matching defenses covered in the next lesson.

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