Essay Homework: Network Security
For this homework, imagine that you are responsible for creating a security and privacy plan for a small doctors' office that has 4 doctors and 10 staff. The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network.
To prepare to make recommendations, complete the practice labs provided in the Virtual Resource Portal activity for this homework.
Include the following in your 5 to 6 pages security and privacy plan:
i. Create an enterprise-wide network security plan for an organization.
ii. Describe the most common vulnerabilities, risks, and issues that your plan will address.
iii. Describe a plan for standards to protect the users from harming the network and system, both intentionally and accidentally. Discuss how these will be enforced.
iv. Include policies that protect the hardware and physical aspects of the network.
v. Identify hardware areas that need to be secured.
vi. Describe steps that will be taken to ensure the security of the operating systems and network files.
vii. Discuss measures that are necessary to protect the transfer of data to and from the network.
viii. Apply the concepts from the assigned practice lab activity.
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.