{"id":362,"date":"2026-10-15T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:40:25","slug":"cyse-301-sword-vs-shield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/cyse-301-sword-vs-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"CYSE 301 &#8211; Sword Vs Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b413b62ce4a1d10dd29f0f9c78848c43\">For this next artifact, it explores the dual perspective of offensive network reconnaissance and defensive mitigation using firewalls within a controlled virtual lab environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-371ea2aec543ac127214d283f0aca2c7\">I&#8217;ve profiled network subnets, open ports, and operating system fingerprints using Nmap reconnaissance tools. Then I configured and tested granular firewall policies in pfSense to restrict unauthorized ICMP host discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7ecf577a90d3d82d1428958e268b648\">(First file being the task, second file being the completed task.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3-Sword-vs.-Shield-Spring-2026.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Assignment-3-Sword-vs.-Shield-Spring-2026.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4342221f-7c9b-475b-be42-9fef508e6802\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3-Sword-vs.-Shield-Spring-2026.pdf\">Assignment-3-Sword-vs.-Shield-Spring-2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3-Sword-vs.-Shield-Spring-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4342221f-7c9b-475b-be42-9fef508e6802\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3_-Sword-vs.-Shield-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Assignment-3_-Sword-vs.-Shield-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-646fa862-691e-4ffd-a3d7-736e5b9f5d38\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3_-Sword-vs.-Shield-1.pdf\">Assignment-3_-Sword-vs.-Shield-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/xavierportfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41771\/2026\/10\/Assignment-3_-Sword-vs.-Shield-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-646fa862-691e-4ffd-a3d7-736e5b9f5d38\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this next artifact, it explores the dual perspective of offensive network reconnaissance and defensive mitigation using firewalls within a controlled virtual lab environment. I&#8217;ve profiled network subnets, open ports, and operating system fingerprints using Nmap reconnaissance tools. Then I configured and tested granular firewall policies in pfSense to restrict unauthorized ICMP host discovery. 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