Question Description
The CEO of your company has recently contemplated introducing a wireless element to the network, as well as a virtual private network (VPN) server for the salespeople and individuals telecommuting from remote locations. Although this seems like a good idea, the CEO is requesting more information because he is worried that this may create a security issue and network congestion and response time.
- Prepare a 4 5-page narrative to the CEO explaining what you would do to secure the new VPN to include an explanation of the VPN pre-shared key.
- Discuss selection of wireless encryption methods, and compare and contrast WEP, WPA, and WPA2 to include an explanation of the bit strength for each.
- Explain the concepts of war driving and the pros and cons of broadcasting the wireless SSID.
- Research packet capture tools, and explain how they can be used for network management and resource balancing as well as their use to analyze a virus in the process of propagating across your network in real time.
- Explain how the tool works and what information it is capable of capturing.
- Select 3 types of information that could be captured from a packet capture tool, and explain how you would use it to either identify a security violation or an opportunity for performance optimization.
Project Criteria | Exceeds: 90% 100% | Very Good: 80% 89% | Meets: 70% 79% | Needs Improvement: Below 70% |
Content |
Response covers all topics indicated in the assignment and adds additional content. | Response covers most topics indicated in the assignment. | Response covers many of the topics indicated in the assignment. | Response covers none to some of the topics indicated in the assignment. |
Effective Communication |
Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates outstanding expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is addressed appropriately. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are minimal. Organization is clear. Format is consistently appropriate to assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). The writing was of collegiate level with no errors in spelling or grammar. | Demonstrates very good written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates sound expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is usually addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present, but do not distract from the message. Organization is apparent and mostly clear. Format is appropriate to assignment, but not entirely consistent. The writing was of collegiate level with two or less errors in spelling or grammar. | Demonstrates acceptable written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates reasonable expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Sometimes, audience is addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present and may distract from the message. Organization is a bit unclear. Format is inconsistent. The writing was of collegiate level with several errors in spelling or grammar. | Demonstrates inadequate or partially proficient application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates inadequate or partial expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is often not addressed appropriately. Language often impedes the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are frequent and often distract from meaning or presentation. Organization is inadequate, confusing, and distracting. The format is inadequate and obscures meaning. The writing was less than collegiate level with numerous errors in spelling or grammar. |
Supporting Analysis |
Analysis exceeds minimum requirements. Sources are used to support analysis, are appropriate, and are properly referenced. | Basic analysis provided to support assertions. Sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced. | Limited analysis provided to support assertions. Some sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced. | No or inaccurate analysis, no sources are cited when needed, analysis and/or sources are not appropriate. When sources are used, they are not properly referenced. |