Project Homework: Networking in Business- Securing & Maintaining the Network- Part 3
Overview:
Your medium-sized organization is expanding both nationally and internationally and you have been tasked to implement a Wide Area Network (WAN) topology. The organization has expanded to 5 different geographical locations and has directed you to design the WAN. In essence, you need to submit a plan to your Executive board and get approval to install the WAN.
Background Information:
i. Your Executive Board consists of the CEO, CFO, CIO.
ii. Your IT/Security Team consists of CISO, Security Manager, Data Center manager, IT Manager.
iii. Employees of the organization will expand from 20 to 60 (globally)
iv. Currently, there are 20 employees at Location A. There will be another location of 30 employees at Location B and 10 new employees in France. Some new employees at Location B will be remote users.
v. Your new network must be scalable for future growth.
Instructions:
For this section, you will work in a group. One person will be assigned to submit the PowerPoint and paper for the entire group.
You will need to ensure security is in place to protect from internal and external threats to the network. In a PowerPoint Presentation present the following to the Executive Board:
I. Create a plan for secure access for both internal and external users to include password complexity.
i. Should multi-layer authentication be used? Why or why not?
ii. Make sure your network topology includes awareness training to make users aware of the various malware and phishing attempts employed by attackers.
II. Provide a detailed budget needed to build and sustain your network based on costs of the previous 3-5 years. You will research and submit a cost requirement.
i. You will provide a 1-page rationale for your budget and justify if the needs of the new network exceed the budgeted amount.
Task
i. What do you like about the way the project is going?
ii. What are you unsure about?
iii. What have you learned during this process that will be useful to you in your career?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Project-Part-2.rar