Always Fresh

COM-520 Written Assignment 4

Project Scenario

Always Fresh Foods Inc. is a food distributor with a central headquarters and main warehouse in

Colorado, as well as two regional warehouses in Nevada and Virginia.

The company runs Microsoft Windows 2019 on its servers and Microsoft Windows 10 on its workstations.

There are 2 database servers, 4 application servers, 2 web servers, and 25 workstation computers in the

headquarters offices and main warehouse. The network uses workgroups, and users are created locally

on each computer. Employees from the regional warehouses connect to the Colorado network via a

virtual private network (VPN) connection.

Due to a recent security breach, Always Fresh wants to increase the overall security of its network and

systems. They have chosen to use a solid multilayered defense to reduce the likelihood that an attacker

will successfully compromise the company’s information security. Multiple layers of defense throughout

the IT infrastructure makes the process of compromising any protected resource or data more difficult

than any single security control. In this way, Always Fresh protects its business by protecting its

information.

Project Part 4: Security Audit Procedure Guide

Scenario

Always Fresh wants to ensure its computers comply with a standard security baseline and are regularly

scanned for vulnerabilities. You choose to use the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit to assess the

basic security for all of your Windows computers, and use OpenVAS to perform vulnerability scans.

Tasks

Develop a procedure guide to ensure that a computer adheres to a standard security baseline and has no

known vulnerabilities.

For each application, fill in details for the following general steps:

1. Acquire and install the application.

2. Scan computers.

3. Review scan results.

4. Identify issues you need to address.

5. Document the steps to address each issue.

Required Resources

 Internet access

 Course textbook

Submission Requirements

 Format: Microsoft Word (no PDF)

 Font: Arial, size 12, double-space

 Citation Style: APA format

 Length: 2 to 3 pages

Self-Assessment Checklist

 I created a procedure guide that provides clear instructions that anyone with a basic technical

knowledge base can follow

 I created a well-developed and formatted procedure guide with proper grammar, spelling, and

punctuation.

 I followed the submission guidelines.