Assume you are a network administrator. You keep the internal network secure through a defense-in-depth strategy. Your company has many remote users, all of whom must adhere to a comprehensive VPN policy The policy states that only company-owned devices may connect to the internal network over a VPN connection. However, the company president, who is … Read more
Assume you are a network professional. Employees at your organization use a web-enabled application to do the bulk of their work. Going forward, most employees will be working remotely. You need to choose a VPN technology to support them whether they work from home or while traveling. Answer the following question(s): Should you implement an … Read more
Although VPNs are relatively secure by nature, endpoints are not. Data entering or leaving the VPN is at risk. An end-user computer could be infected by malicious code that can traverse the VPN link into the company LAN. Answer the following question(s): Consider employees who work from home and use personally owned computers to access … Read more
Assume you are a network administrator. Your internal network has application servers that are accessed by inbound traffic from the Internet. You are considering several strategies. The strategy you select should provide significant control over user access. You must also ensure that all data passing into the internal network is properly evaluated before access is … Read more
Week 16 Discussion — Recap For your initial post, discuss the topics in the list below. Write a couple of sentences for each. Attached is the thesis used. Q1. Why did you think it was important to study/research this topic or conduct this project? Q2. What are other studies in your literature review suggesting about this topic? … Read more
Deny by default/allow by exception assumes that all traffic is potentially malicious or at least unwanted or unauthorized. Everything is prohibited by default. As benign, desired, and authorized traffic is identified, an exception rule grants it access to the network. Allow by default/deny by exception assumes that most traffic is benign. Everything is allowed by … Read more
Week 15 Discussion – Chip Set Security For your initial post, discuss the topic below. Respond to posts from other students. Supply Chain Security Describe security vulnerabilities for manufacture and distribution of chipset supplies
Data backups are extremely important. Data ups should be kept off site and secure. Research a backup solution, datacenter or cloud based, and explain the available options, cost if possible, advantages and disadvantages, and if this is for personal or corporate use.
A best practice is to thoroughly document the lifespan of a firewall. A firewall implementation procedure should prescribe the systematic process to install and configure a firewall properly. Anytime the firewall is modified, the documentation should be updated accordingly. Answer the following question(s): Assuming you would rarely need to reinstall a firewall, why do you … Read more
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping people understand and improve the security of software. One of their projects it the OWASP Top Ten Web Application Security Risks found https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/Links to an external site. . For this discussion you will choose one of the Top Ten Risks and give … Read more