You have recently been hired as the IT team for a small branch office of a large multi-national corporation. One of your first tasks is to determine the current state of affairs. You find that things are not well-maintained and a lot of work needs to be done to get things in shape.

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Consider the following scenario. You have recently been hired as the IT team for a small branch office of a large multi-national corporation. One of your first tasks is to determine the current state ... of affairs. You find that things are not well-maintained and a lot of work needs to be done to get things in shape. Below are the assigned tasks with the following goals- Evaluate the current architecture from an IT security perspective. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current setup? Design a new security architecture for the network that addresses the possibility of a remote attacker and also an attacker that might social engineer their way into the office and connect their laptop to the network. Be detailed in how you describe the architecture. What subnets/VLANs/services/configurations/etc. are required? Diagrams will be helpful in doing this. One thing to consider is that because this is a branch office, some services must be accessed from the headquarters. Identify potential solutions for ensuring that these services are protected and the data being exchanged between the HQ and the branch office are not compromised. You may also want to consider how to handle cases where you might be blocked from accessing the HQ office and the services provided. [Show More]

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