Tittle Name Institution Term of Reference The agreement between the company and I was to advice the company management toward adopting the best network management plan and security plan. Through the study, I carried out in the firm I was required to evaluate the firm requirement in term of network planning and making sure that the firm has proper mechanism to secure its systems against malicious damage. Considering that, the management personnel have background in IT therefore; they required me to give an expert opinion on the best ways in which they can adopt the network management and the security plan. They required me to evaluate firm needs and what the IT world would offer the firm to enable them to lay down plans for the network and security in the firm. Network management planning and security planning involves identifying the best and most appropriate systems and hardware that the firm can use to better manage network and plan security systems. Therefore, the management required me to examine the best software and hardware systems in the market place that the company can adopt to enable it to manage the network and security. The management required me to advice on the implementation procedure of various plans that are going to be adopted. My responsibility also involved finding out or predicting the impact of the plan on the future operations. They required me to evaluate the challenges the company might face while adopting the changes in the network management plan and security plans. Introduction The network management plan and security plan is important to help the company figure out how they will improve its network and security procedures for the company. Planning involves outlining objectiv... ... middle of paper ... ...igure within the system. The software should enable usability in accordance to the company requirements; it should be in a position to have the functionality that meet the need of the company. The hardware should be installed and configured first to enable the operating systems and software set up into the network systems. The operating system installed in the network systems should be considered as the main component of the network infrastructure. Therefore, the company should consider installing one type of operating systems, this because they have similar protocols thus the communication will be efficient. Similar operating system will enable network component to have seamless communication procedures between the components, therefore, if the company should adopt the latest windows 8, this is because the operating system have the latest standardization
Security of the companies data is one of the most important components which allows the business to perform its day to day operation using various networking devices, services that absolutely needs to be protected from intruders. Some of these devices include online transactions, the exchange of data between users and clients both internal and external and external web data needs to be secured. There are several polices that would need to be configured such as a web sever and firewall configurations. However, with these configurations the first and most important task is to identify any vulnerabilities or loopholes in security within the company. The company has both LAN (Local Area Network) and WAN (Wireless Local Area Network) and a web sever. These resources need to be secured at all times from hackers or anyone else by implementing the appropriate security measures.
Unlike other windows, windows 8 are more secure and reliable. As for the business use this windows has a PDF version which is a good resource for the release and preview which relatively appealing for them. The other features would be useful for specific niches of a wide interest of the new refresh and reset purpose. Such features has ability to return a user`s personal computer (PC) to a pristine state without any need of wiping the stored data. On embracing such upgrading the user managers are able to captures reflect of the system prior deployment and store it in the hard drive of a computer or a network share. In a case of computer user error, computer malware or any other com...
System have to be constantly updated to prevent new types of attacks. Also, different layers of security have to be employed so as to increase the fortification of the network system against possible breach. In a case where a system has been breached, awareness should become the next priority as this can still help prevent the loss of data depending how soon detection can occur. In all security measures, human error has always been identified as a great risk. To minimize this, security training is encouraged not just for security personals but for everyone who uses a
For effective internal network security, policy and procedure needs to be in place, and it needs to be enforced from the top down. It is also a good idea to periodically review these policies and procedures to ensure that they still meet the necessary requirements that the business requires. If IT can work together with the rest of a business we can help to lesson that accidental and malicious threat that internal authorized users present.
When it comes to protecting an infrastructure, careful planning and coordination needs to take place. Protecting an infrastructure takes an important security initiative called Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). The United States critical infrastructure is protected by the Department of Homeland Security.
The security configuration of such devices should be documented, reviewed, and approved by an organization change control board. Any deviations from the standard configuration or updates to the standard configuration should be documented and approved in a change control system. At network interconnection points, such as Internet gateways, inter- organization connections, and internal network segments with different security controls implement ingress and egress filtering to allow only those ports and protocols with an explicit and documented business need. All other ports and protocols should be blocked with default-deny rules by firewalls, network-based IPS, and/or routers. All new configuration rules beyond a baseline-hardened configuration that allow traffic to flow through network security devices, such as firewalls and network-based IPS, should be documented and recorded in a configuration management system, with a specific business reason for each change, a specific individual’s name responsible for that business need, and an expected duration of the need. Network filtering technologies employed between networks with different security levels (firewalls, network-based IPS tools, and routers with access controls lists) should be deployed with capabilities to filter Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) traffic. The
To fully protect any network there are some key areas that should be looked at keenly to see if security procedures are being followed or if a security person will need to take a closer look at:
Although VPN is very popular in the market for networking technology, it may raise some concerns for IT managers. VPN requires an in-depth understanding of public network security issues and proper deployment precautions. The task of choosing and deploying a VPN solution is far from being simple and may require the training of workers in at least the basics...
The development of technology has brought Internet to become the mass communication media between people or companies. Through Internet, people can communicate with other people in various places. Companies can get many advantages by using Internet network to support their business. Therefore, companies are trying as hard as they can, and give high effort in protecting their network from attack and make sure that they have the best network security.
In Network Management, there are three main aspects that must considered which is Security, Performance and Reliability. Security is on how to ensuring the network protected from unauthorized users, Performance is on how to eliminating bottleneck in the network and Reliability is to make sure the network is available to users and responding to hardware and software malfunctions. Based on my mini project requirement, I have to analyze the network based on Performance Management.
...vantage of the overall network design and implement usable subnets with virtual local area networks. Use encryption and encapsulation to secure communications of public segments to enable extranets and cross-Internet company traffic. Use items such as intrusion detection systems and firewalls to keep unauthorized users out and monitor activity. Taken together, these pieces can make a secure network that is efficient, manageable, and effective.
...ng for work this is also one type of risk it is good until we handle when we cannot handle then there will be a risk but it is convenient so we are using. Coming to the threats I had come in-detail about denial of service, unauthorized access and many more. Coming to the part of firewalls which will be useful in our personal lives so that we can have an advantage of choosing the best one. We had come across types of firewalls and there advantages and which is best one. Coming to the secure devices we had learned about dial back systems, virtual private networks. Coming to the attacks I had learned about Trojan horses, software bugs, sniffers. There are many businesses depended on this network security like online banking, business processes etc. I had also got an idea on hacking and in what ways they hack. Everyone in the organization is responsible for the security.
Corporate Networks in organisations can be complex structures that “requires a great deal of attention” (Clemm 2007). Even small companies can have quite complex networks that are a considerable investment to the business. The notion that corporate network management is a cost to a business rather than a continual beneficial investment is a naive assumption that requires further investigation to the benefits that network management brings. Clemm (Clemm 2007) states in his text that the ultimate goal of network management “is to reduce and minimize total cost of ownership”, improving operational efficiency and lowering cost. Clemm (Clemm 2007) also notes that “Network Management is not just related to cost and quality”, which will be an continual concept presented throughout the report. The report will address key issues with corporate network management and ultimately argue and justify that corporate network management must be seen as a positive benefit to the business and not as a continual expense. The supporting articles will also provide sound evidence that networking is crucial to a business’s processes and production which can be seen from the OpenSSL Heartbleed Security vulnerability fiasco (Nieva 2014) or the QANTAS Amadeus system failure (Heasley 2012).
...This management’s main purpose is to control the access to the network. Its security can be attained by authentication, authorization, and encryption. This management also gathers security information and analyzes it frequently. With Security management in place, all users, external and internal, only have access to the appropriate resources on the network. Not only does this management manage all users but also non users. It watches and protects from malicious attacks such as hackers, DoS attack, malware, and viruses. It does this by monitoring the traffic goes in and out of the network looking for any suspicious packets.
A critical part of network planning involves setting up of security mechanisms. Deploying the network with security configuration provides superior visibility, continuous control and advanced threat protection across the extended network. Additionally, security procedures define policies to monitor the network for securing critical data, obtain visibility, mitigate threats, identify and correlate discrepancies.