1. Analyze the Quick Finance Company Network Diagram and describe the assumptions you will need to make in order to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation techniques as there is no further information from this company. The company does not wish to release any security related information per company policy.

Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw (U.S. Airforce) therefore my assumptions on the network diagram shows that there are vulnerabilities that may exist as a weakness in the automated systems, security procedures, administrative controls, and /or internet controls of the finance company there could also exist hardware vulnerabilities that could lead to unprotected storage of hardware the solution is to store all hardware at the recommended temperature, software vulnerability can occur with insufficient testing and a lack of audit trail solution will be to test and secure all software used and update software as appropriate, audit trails enable security relevant chronological records of activities that occur in the software. There could be network vulnerability with unsecure network architecture and unprotected communication lines the solution will be to install and configure network security equipment to curb these issues. Personnel can be compromised and may be used to create problems either directly or indirectly on the system a solution will be proper recruiting of staff and security awareness training there could also exist organizational vulnerabilities such as lack of security within the organization the solution will be to secure the organization and its assets.

2. Analyze the above case and network diagram, and describe how each access point is protected or unprotected.

Each access point is protected by