what would you consider the most effective perimeter and network defense methods available to safeguard network assets?

Answer: There are several methods that are used for maintenance of safety and defensing the network against any type of hacking or attacking. Some of the methods are mentioned as follows:-

Denial of service attack (Dos) - it is the type of service that does not let the unauthorized sources and users to use the resources of the service. Intrusion detection system (IDS) - it is the system that is used for the detection of any unauthorized access happening in the system. It detects the accessing on the basis of host and network Firewall-is the system for the security of network for controlling the traffic that enters and exits a networks and maintains barriers by blocking untrusted traffic.