Global Finance, Inc. (GFI) is a financial company that manages thousands of accounts across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. A public company traded on the NYSE, GFI specializes in financial management, loan application approval, wholesale loan processing, and investment of money management for their customers. GFI employs over 1,600 employees and has been experiencing consistent growth keeping pace with S&P averages (approximately 8%) for nearly six years. A well-honed management strategy built on scaling operational performance through automation and technological innovation has propelled the company into the big leagues; GFI was only recently profiled in Fortune Magazine.
ASSIGNMENTS
- Identify and describe the organizational authentication technology and network security issues.
- Make a list of access points internal and external (remote).
- Design a secure authentication technology and network security for GFI.
- Make assumptions for any unknown facts.
- List all known vulnerabilities you can identify in this environment and address them by proposing a new design. You may use any combination of technologies to harden authentication process and network security measures.
- Address the CEO's concern over the mobility security and design a secure mobile computing (smart phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) in terms of authentication technologies and data protection.
- Identify wireless vulnerabilities and recommend what safeguards, authentication technologies, and network security to protect data should be implemented.
- Design a cloud computing environment for the company with a secure means of data protection at rest, in motion and in process.