Tools of the Trade Review

Tools and resources can be especially useful in helping to ensure your hardware is managed properly. For this assignment, you will choose a single firewall management solution, a single network scanning tool, and a single knowledge base to use for your paper. Each of these should be examined for their usefulness, strengths, and weaknesses and how they fare under scrutiny within the industry. You are to choose one from each of the three categories below: Firewall management solution: FireMon SecureTrack Firewall Analyzer Firewall Assurance Playbook Network scanning tools: Wireshark Nmap Tera Term Pro Knowledge base tools: Cisco Documentation Cisco Conventions The Internet Engineering Task Force National Vulnerability Database Original ISO Standards NIST Publications The assignment is to write a 3-page paper that addresses the questions related to your chosen tool within each category. The paper must include at least two different peer-reviewed sources and written in APA format. Needs to have an introduction and conclusion, including headings for each section in the essay.