4. Scenario: If you are the an IT manager and you had to create a disaster recovery for your Network, what are the top 5 questions you will ask management before creating an action item list.
7. List the top 3 issues networks are facing today other than being hacked?
8. The data link layer is responsible for three very important tasks.
Media access control
Error detection and correction
Message delineation
List 3 hardware devices that are absolutely essential to the networking world. Do some research and list who are the manufacturers of these products.
9. What is the importance of network monitoring tools other than ensuring all systems are working properly?
10. Pick a mini case you did this term and explain what you learned in regards to the networking world of things.
11. As we speak, organizations are discussing the security implications of this surge in wireless technology.
A CIO right now is pondering how to securely allow iPhones or Android phones to integrate with the organization's network and systems while a network engineer is planning how to upgrade 802.11g devices to 802.11n with the existing wireless controllers. Provide a lengthy analysis of Backbone networks. What are they? How will they shape the future? Their primary advantages and disadvantages?
12. List the top 3 threats from:
a. From outside the network
b. Inside the network
13. Based on your readings from the chapter, define the following in your own words and how they impact an organization (1-3 points) and what should be your strategy to approach them.
Risk assessment
Controlling disruption, destruction, and disaster
Controlling unauthorized access
Network threats