Secured Network Design [WIT2050]

Assignment WIT2050/2011
Overview You have been engaged as a consultant to design and formulate a secure IT infrastructure plan for Coho Unity, a pharmaceutical business. Coho Unitys headquaters office is in Singapore and recently, they have plans to set up two more branch offices in Vancouver (Branch Office 1) and Perth (Branch Office 2). As its business operation has started to expand in the region, Coho Unitys CEO believes that IT security implementation is necessary to safeguard the organizations rapid growth. Coho Unitys CEO has provided you with the current (Appendix A) and proposed (Appendix B) network diagrams. He identified some key problems in his current infrastructure. Problem areas: All domain controllers and servers are currently running Windows 2000 and have to be migrated to Windows 2008. Some users use non-complex passwords and no password policies in place. All communication within and between HQ and branch offices has to be encrypted. All servers have to be secured and protected. Users from branch office need to access resources from HQ. This communication has to be secured as well. Include other security solutions that must be in place to ensure, Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA).

Implementation and Administration It is necessary to include a thorough security implementation and administrative strategy according to the proposal plan.

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Appendix A Network Diagram (Current)
LA N LA N Web Server

Branch Office 1

Serv er User s

Singapore (HQ) Remote Users LA N

Exchange Server

Diagram A Current Solution

Branch Office 2

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Appendix B Network Diagram (Proposed Solution)
ISA Server LA N Web Server Web Server Fire wall/ VPN Inter net Us er Exchange Server VPN Tunnel Remote User ISA Server LA N VPN Tunnel LA N

ISA Server

Branch Office 1

Web Serv er

Serv er

Diagram B - Proposed Solution

Branch Office 2

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Scoring Design a secured network for the organization 20% Propose a migration strategy including tools to use 15% Critically evaluate the derived design and suggest improvements 20% Develop a security network implementation and administration strategy for the derived design 20% Critically evaluate the developed strategy and suggest improvement 15% Presentation 10%

Deliverables Report includes documentation of secured network design, implementation and administration. This report should be professional in its nature and of a high standard and quality.

Submission Dateline: Week 10 *Late submission penalty 1-3 days will incur 50% lost of marks > 3 days 0 marks will be awarded
CIA , IPSec, GP,CApatch management

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