rationale for choosing the specific firewall in question, and determine the primary way in which a company could incorporate it into an enterprise network in order to enhance security. Select the two (2) most important and / or unique features of the chosen firewall, and explain the primary reasons why those features make the firewall a viable option in enterprises today. Justify your answer. ANSWER: I would use the Cisco ASA. I chosen the Cisco ASA firewall because I read an article in the
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requirements: (1) Install and maintain a firewall, and (2) do not use defaults (IE. passwords). Firewalls create a single point of defense between two networks. Since the Internet is web of networks, it is important that firewalls are installed in every Beachside Bytes local area network location. Since the company has 3 major locations in Miami, San Diego, and Honolulu, a minimum of 1 firewall at each location is required. If a website is maintained, 2 firewalls and a DMZ (demilitarized zone) or perimeter
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Technical Writing Project Cover Sheet Capstone Proposal Project Name: Upgrading ABC Inc. Internet Edge Student Name: Michael Wakefield Degree Program: Bachelor of Science IT-Security Mentor Name: Signature Block Student’s Signature Mentor’s Signature Table of Contents Capstone Proposal Summary 1 Review of Other Work 8 Rationale and Systems Analysis 16 Goals and Objectives 22 Project Deliverables 26 Project Plan and Timelines 27 References 28 Appendix 1: Competency
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The Software firewall is more for users and the people can update them and can check what they want or what they don’t want but in a lot of cases people themselves really don’t know what to do with a firewall. Hardware firewall, is more expensive, harder for work with and more over all a pain to work with, so the bank would have to hire an IT guy just for the firewall. But if the bank wants the best, go with the hardware firewall and hire someone that knows how to configure the firewall and how to
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Task 1: Procedure 1. Firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs. Examples of these types of firewalls and compare their features are noted below. NETGEAR ProSAFE N300 WiFi 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N Key Technologies: • Securely connects up to 5 remote office or traveling users • True firewall using stateful packet inspection (SPI) and intrusion detection • Initiates up to 12 VPN tunnels simultaneously • NAT routing and VPN pass-through for extra security • IPV4/IPV6
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are several ways to provide security in the network communications. There are different network security technologies and techniques that help to maintain the security in your network such as IPSec, cryptography, SSL, Kerberos, Certificates, PKI, firewall, antivirus solutions and the physical security. Secure communication is necessary to maintain the integrity of the data. A specialized field in computer networking that involves securing a computer network infrastructure[->0]. Network security
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part of its security policy. If the appropriate sections related to firewalls do not pre-define what rules to define on a new firewall, then perform the following procedure: 1. Inventory all essential business processes and communications that will cross the checkpoint. 2. Determine the protocols, ports, and IP addresses of valid traffic for both internal and external hosts. 3. Write out the rules on paper or using a firewall rule designer/simulator. 4. Test the rules in a laboratory environment
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Bibliofind might have used firewalls to prevent the intruders from gaining access to its transaction servers, how encryption might have helped prevent or lessen the effects of Bibliofind’s security breach, and the California law requiring companies to inform customers when private information might have been exposed during a security breach. How Bibliofind might have used firewalls to prevent the intruders from gaining access to its transaction servers, where the firewalls should have been placed in
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Dear Sir/Madam, As a result of the recent denial of service attack against the health clinic which resulted in the organization’s internet becoming slow to the point of it being unusable. My investigation has revealed that several rules on the firewall that would deny protocols, ports, or IP addresses have been disabled. Therefore, based on the DoS attack incident, I am recommending that the clinic acquire and implement a host based IPS. My reason for the acquisition of a host-based IPS (HIPS)
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Nedgty: Web Services Firewall Ramy Bebawy, Hesham Sabry, Sherif El-Kassas, Youssef Hanna, Youssef Youssef Department of Computer Science American University in Cairo, Egypt {ramy1982,hesh84,sherif,youssefh,youssefy}@aucegypt.edu Abstract This paper describes the research conducted to develop Nedgty, the open source Web Services Firewall. Nedgty secures web services by applying business specific rules in a centralized manner. It has the ability to secure Web Services against Denial of Service
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