TASK 1 Hardware firewalls * The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition provides small and medium-sized companies with comprehensive gateway security and VPN connectivity. With the firewall, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series stops threats at the gateway before they enter the network and affect business operations. These same services are extended to remote-access users providing a threat-protected VPN connection. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition offers: ASA 5505 50-User Bundle includes 8-port
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Introduction This research paper is an analysis of cyber crime. The threats, attacks and problems it can bring down a company and how it can be mitigated. In the 21fist century, connecting your business to the Internet and keeping the integrity of the information confidential, and available for twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and three hundred and sixty-five days out of the year is crucial for the success within the company. There are US laws that companies have to be in compliance
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Q1. NAME AND DESCRIBE THREE AUTHENTICATION METHODS. Authentication is defined by Essentials Guide as is the process of determining whether someone or something is, in fact, who or what it is declared to be. Authentication means verifying the identity of someone (a user, device, or an entity) who wants to access data, resources, or applications. Validating that identity establishes a trust relationship for further interactions. Authentication is the first step in access control, and there are three
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Importance of ethical hacking Chapter 1 Introduction Ethical hacking is an emerging tools used by most of the organizations for testing network security. The security risks and vulnerabilities in a network can be recognized with the help of ethical hacking. This research completely concentrates on ethical hacking, problems that may occur while hacking process is in progress and various ethical hacking tools available for organizations. Information is the important source for any organizations
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LAN-to-WAN Domain Weaknesses Unauthorized network probing and port scanning Unauthorized access through the LAN-to-WAN domain IP router, firewall, and network appliance operating system software vulnerability. Threats from people (this could be misconfigured equipment) Equipment not being used correctly Use of personally owned software/hardware Viruses, Trojans, and network worms Fire, water, electrical disturbances, and hardware failures. LAN-to-WAN
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scams on the Internet so that you are better equipped to defeat them. Read up on the latest phishing scams, for example, and learn how to recognize them. 2. Use a firewall – Firewalls monitor traffic between your computer or network and the Internet and are your first and best line of defense. Most operating systems come with a firewall, but it won't help you if you don't activate it. 3. Click with caution – When checking e-mail or instant messaging, be careful not to click on links in messages
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Security Basics Task 1: Features of Hardware and Software Firewalls * Hardware Firewall – Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall 1) Usually purchased as a stand-alone product typically found in routers or other networking equipment. 2) Usually a minimum of 4 network ports (the Cisco unit has 8) 3) Usually used in businesses or large networking systems 4) Intended for network security * Software Firewall – 2014 Trend Micro Instant Security and Antivirus 1) Usually
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Legal Issues and Discovery Requests April 13, 2016 Introduction I going to research the FRCP (Federal Rules for Civil Procedures) and e-discovery as they pertain to email. I will also describe the rules governing the situation. I will also discuss how the rules specifically do or do not apply to the situation and make a recommendation of how the company should respond to the discovery request. I will then wrap it up with an overview of the IT field in the state of Virginia. IT position, companies
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rejected. IDS/IPS offer passive monitoring and when it fails it opens the internal network to the external network network(fail-open) whilst firewall provides an active filtering and when the firewall fail it closes the internal network to the external network. Firewalls look for intrusions and controls access between networks to prevent intrusion. Unlike IDS, firewalls do not signal attacks from within a network. An IDS evaluates a suspected intrusion once it has taken place and signals an alarm (Yadav
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IS3220 VPN connectivity troubleshooting checklist 1. Users can't access file servers If the user can access the file server using an IP address but not a name, then the most likely reason for failure to connect is a name resolution problem. Name resolution can fail for NetBIOS or DNS host names. If the client operating system is NetBIOS dependent, the VPN clients should be assigned a WINS server address by the VPN server. If the client operating system uses DNS preferentially, VPN clients
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