Assume you are a consultant for a local business that has as

Assume you are a consultant for a local business that has asked you to propose an enterprise-wide solution that includes topology, network devices, IP infrastructure, and network security. The scenario is as follows:

A small accounting firm, ABC Accounting, Inc., landed a large account a year and a half ago that has already led the company to grow from five employees to 200 employees with expectations to employ 350 within a year’s time. In the face of continuing expansion, ABC plans to add offices in their current building that will span a total of three floors. At least one third of ABC employees have laptops and travel often.

All ABC employees have Windows 7 computers, which currently are not connected to the corporate Local Area Network (LAN).

You have been hired as a consultant to provide a detailed technical proposal that recommends a solution that addresses each of the detailed specifications that follow. Your solution regarding each specification should comprise a separate section of the body of your proposal.

Topology (type of network) and network devices

ABC needs to set up a network and requires clarification regarding the type of network (or topology) in order to properly configure the connections among all PCs within the organization.

The company is looking for guidance regarding the type of network devices that will connect devices to the Local Area Network (LAN). Brand of device is not mandated. The company asks that you explain what internal and external networking components are required (explaining each and justifying WHY you chose the network devices you did).

The network must have the capacity to:

Connect all users to company resources (e.g. printers, scanners, and other items).

Provide file sharing options.

Manage these resources in a central location.

Your proposal should include budgetary cost estimates for the chosen topology.

IP Infrastructure

ABC has asked that you provide details regarding an IP structure (which includes static, DHCP, or the possibility of both, and proper IP Class assignment), which is mindful of the company’s expectation of continued growth.

Security

Basic security has always been in place and now the company would like you to make this a more secure facility in hopes of protecting against internal and external security threats.

Be sure to include details with respect to:

Social engineering/internal threats

Firewalls/switches

VPN’s

Authentication

Security protocols

Vulnerability assessment

Your submission should include each of the following sections, with each preceded by an appropriate heading:

Introduction/Overview

Table of Contents

Body- Including a separate section for each numbered item in the specifications above

Conclusion

APA References

Appendices- Any information you feel is appropriate to include

Yes this is for a final project assignment. Right now I just need to get the outline for it completed with the names of each subtitles and what I will be discussing in them.

Solution

Introduction:- Star network topology is perfectly valid and very much useful for that 3 a floored office and also in budget.

Body:- In this star topology there is one central node called as switch or hub which connects all the other computers and devices to the network.

To connect all the computers to the network across the office they need network devices inorder to connect all the devices. The devices are Switch/Hub is enough and the unshielded twisted pair cable to connect to the computers from switch.

If the company also wants the Wi-Fi connection inorder to connect to the wireless network additional router is required that. These two will be enough for the wired and wireless network.

And also just the Ethernet cable is enough for the printers and devices to the central hub and can make the devices available across the network if the devices make available in network so that all the computers connected to the network can access that printers also.

Ip infrastructure:- ip infrastructure is also plays an important role while the network infrastructure in the company.

It is possible to implement the static IP address as this needs the manual configuration of IP address to the each computer. And also can implement the DHCP address as in this automatic assignment of IP address is happened.

But here the ABC company is not really that much big so it safe and secure to implement the static IP address.

In DHCP automatic assignment is happened but still this is not that much safe as this company wants utmost security.

Security:-

To maintain the organisation securely in this case the company must change all the security policies implemeted and add some new security rules according to the current organisation range.

And then hire the experienced security administrator to manage the security systems and to follow the rules.

Then use the good firewall across the organisation and for the organisation servers inorder to secure from the threats from the internet like social treats, vulnerabilities etc.

It is required to continuously check for the threat and made plans to eliminate those threats.

There is no permanent resolution for all the threata mentioned above but we an secure from those threats by checking continuously and made removal plans every time because there is much advanced technology is there for the hackers in one or the other way the only to reduce those effects is to monitor the system all the time and to prevent that with the prevention plans.