Network Security Strategy – ATTN Computer Science

Network Security Strategy – ATTN  Computer Science

Assignment is due by Thursday January 29 at midnight or 8AM Friday Morning at the latest.

NO PLAGERISM !!!!

Will pay $40 dollars.

As Director of Information Security, you will conduct research into security mechanisms (hardware and software) that can expand and/or enhance your current security infrastructure. 

1) Solution(s) should help protect against DoS (denial of service) attacks. 

2) Be sure to look at Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems. 

3) Look at mobile computing solutions as well. 

4) Focus on a defense-in-depth (layered) approach. 

Develop a strategy no more than 4-5 pages in length). The strategy should outline the various security controls that will be implemented and explain how each will be used to mitigate the internal/external security risks to your organization. Justify your choices and submit to the CIO for approval.

Stakeholders are the Director of Information Security, 8 representatives from remote sites, IT Operations manager, Resource Manager, and your vendor for equipment and software.

Criteria – Demonstrate a grasp of the problem and understanding of the key concepts - utilize diagrams and graphics as needed.

Analysis – Apply Research and practical experiences of security mechanisms

Conclusions and Recommendations – Close with strong conclusions that support your research

Suggested Resources –

Ramachandran. Designing Security Architecture Solutions. John Wiley & Sons P&T. VitalBook file.

Thomas, Tom, Donald Stoddard. Network Security First-Step, 2nd Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions, 12/2011.

Pfleeger, Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari L. Security in Computing, 4th Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions.

Oppenheimer, Priscilla. Top-Down Network Design, 3rd Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions. VitalBook file.

SCENARIO

You are the Director of Information Security for a medium-sized organization and report directly to the Chief Information Officer. Your organization consists of a headquarters and eight (8) other geographically dispersed offices. You are located at the headquarters location. 

Following recent virus outbreaks in the industry, the CIO has directed you to develop a strategy that will ensure that your organization's systems are never impacted by malware from internal or/external sources. 
From your experiences, you know that this request is almost impossible to achieve (100% protection is impossible unless all access to external sources are eliminated and even then employees could infect the systems). 
Other Supporting Information: Your organization currently has "virus" protection software in all of its various offices, but you have found it difficult to remotely manage these from the headquarters location.