...SUBDOMAIN 426.1 - NETWORK SECURITY Competencies: 426.1.1: Advanced Network Overview - The graduate compares and contrasts the common types of network topologies, network protocols, and network infrastructure components and their functions and identifies their strengths and weaknesses. 426.1.4: Establishing Physical Security - The graduate identifies and evaluates the appropriate security practices that are necessary to support physical security site operations. 426.1.5: Preventing Network Attacks - The graduate defines and evaluates different types of network security threats and selects appropriate countermeasures or controls to protect against them. 426.1.6: Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) - The graduate analyzes network auditing tools related to intrusion detection. Introduction: Myrtle & Associates and Bellview Law Group are two medium-sized law firms specializing in personal injury cases. The law firms have had a cooperative working relationship for the past 20 years. Recently, the firms have decided to consolidate and merge into one larger firm with a new name: MAB Law Firm. The challenge will be to integrate the computer systems from both firms into one large network. The two law firms are located across town from each other. The integration effort should be designed to combine the firms into a single logical site. Myrtle & Associates has three servers that were recently upgraded to Windows Server 2008. One of them functions as a domain controller,...
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...MAB LAW FIRM NETWORK MERGER PROJECT Executive Summary Inherent Challenges in merging two networks It is important when integrating multiple networking systems to do a thorough investigation of all systems and use prudence when implementing any strategy so that possible problems can be dealt with as efficiently as possible thereby limiting costs of the actual project itself and loss of revenue due to network downtime. There are some differences in equipment which needs to be dealt with since each firm is using different types of network operating systems, servers, case management systems, and how users connect to the network. Currently both firms have separate security policies and these will need to be reviewed, revised and merged to meet the criteria of the new merged network system. One of the biggest challenges will be the case management systems as Bellview Law Group is using a legacy application while Myrtle and Associates is utilizing a more current web-based system. A migration plan will need to be developed to bring the legacy system over to the web-based system. While this migration is taking place both systems will need to run in parallel so that the data will be accessible. Training will be another issue that needs to be addressed since the staff from Bellview Law Group currently access data only from desktop PCs. they will need to be trained not only on the new web-based case management system but also on the new hardware as well. Finally...
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