Introduction to practical security and performance testing -- Getting organized with initial audit of tnetworkwrk -- Locking down the infrastructure: internet, wi-fi, wired, VPN, WAN, and the core -- Locking down and optimizing the Windows client -- Server patterns -- Testing for security flaws using penetration testing -- Using Wireshark and TCP Dump to visualize traffic -- Using SNORT -- Live traffic analytics using "security onion" -- Traffic performance testing in the network -- Build your own network elements -- Request for proposal and proof of concept example usecases.