Brian Gobrecht
IT255
Project Part 1
The domains of an infrastructure are broken down into several parts. The User, Workstation, LAN, LAN-to-Wan, Remote Access, Wan, and System/Application domains. All of these are a very crucial part of a domain structure and if one fails to do its proper job most of it or all of it will come to a screeching halt.
The User Domain is pretty self-explanatory yes a system can do without a user but by itself it’s more probable to breakdowns and other things to go wrong. So to help the user out in a way it’s not damaging to the infrastructure. One way is to have the computer scan for viruses in anything that plugs into the usb slot such as a portable hard drive or a memory card. As for unauthorized downloads such as music or photos I suggest enable content filtering.
Workstation domains are another vital part of keeping the system healthy at most times. To protect this I suggest either at the door of the server room keycards to get in and at the workstation itself both a physical and pass worded approach to ensure the right person is getting in. And to add further measure of security the room would be camera surveyed and users will be logged.
A LAN domain can be a very volatile domain with all the wiring and NIC cards and LAN switches common in most rooms. If we are to hopefully secure this part of the domain I would like to be able to restrict access to the computers and laptops that are only necessary to the work environment. So if someone decides to plug in something that they aren’t supposed to the system will automatically reject the hardware unless a IT professional says its ok and allows it into the lan.
LAN to Wan is a major part in an infrastructure. To ensure the safety of this domain I propose to implement some sort of intrusion detection to protect the computers in the domain in case of an attack from an outside