Project Homework: Networking in Business- Presentation to Stakeholders
Length: 6 to 8 pages.
Overview:
Your medium-sized organization is expanding both nationally and internationally and you have been tasked to implement a Wide Area Network (WAN) topology. The organization has expanded to 5 different geographical locations and has directed you to design the WAN. In essence, you need to submit a plan to your Executive board and get approval to install the WAN.
Background Information:
1) Your Executive Board consists of the CEO, CFO, CIO.
2) Your IT/Security Team consists of CISO, Security Manager, Data Center manager, IT Manager.
3) Employees of the organization will expand from 20 to 60 (globally)
4) Currently, there are 20 employees at Location A. There will be another location of 30 employees at Location B and10 new employees in France. Some new employees at Location B will be remote users.
5) Your new network must be scalable for future growth.
Key elements of the proposal should include:
1) Who will be the stakeholders?
2) What SDWAN did you recommend and why? Your response should be as specific as possible.
3) Make sure to include any security concerns that should be addressed from Part III.
4) Your paper should outline the solution, as well as the process of how you arrived at this solution.
I. Part I: Planning the Network
1) Who are the stakeholders?
2) Select and justify both internal and external networking components.
3) Provide a security recommendation to ensure the network is secure in transit and at rest.
4) Provide what network protocols will be used for the WAN architecture and why.
5) Ensure the network can provide the following capabilities:
i. Connect all users local, remote, and internationally.
ii. Have to ability to file share.
iii. The ability to access the Customer Data database.
iv. Manage all resources centrally.
v. Allow users to access resources remotely and securely.
II. Part II: Building the Network
1) Who would you give advice to regarding the design of the building and network cable planning that would help reduce network errors? Give details of the advice you would give.
2) Your organization will need you to provide IP details for both LAN and WAN topologies for static and DCHP.
3) Include a plan for remote access and VPN usage.
III. Part III: Securing and Maintaining the Network
1) Create a plan for secure access for both internal and external users to include password complexity.
2) Should multi-layer authentication be used? Why or why not?
3) Make sure your network topology includes awareness training to make users aware of the various malware and phishing attempts employed by attackers.
IV. Include the diagram of the network and cost-benefit analysis that you would recommend from Part II.
V. Include the detailed budget from Part III.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) 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.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.