Module 2 – Case

NETWORK SECURITY MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Assignment Overview

We live in a networked society yet many are naive about how to protect the security of the information we exchange and store via this network. The pervasiveness of the networked culture often leads to patterns of behavior where we may engage in risky data behavior whether it is personal or work related information that is networked. The purpose of this case is raise your awareness of these issues and how to begin to safeguard your networked systems.

First you will read the ACM code of ethics: http://www.acm.org/about/code-of-ethics

While you see that this code of ethics was adopted in 1992, the network security violation events continue to occur.

http://media.techtarget.com/searchSecurityChannel/downloads/security_computing_chapter.pdf

The chapter from Techtarget.com discusses the issues of computer security. I want you to specifically address the networked computer—can it be secured and if so will it still be usable?

The next two articles address botnets and the honeypots to catch botnets and other break-in artists.

http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/cdc-usenix-sec02/

http://www.honeynet.org/papers/bots/

What can the network adminstrator do about these threats? What do you recommend? Use these sources and others as you expand on this topic.

Case Assignment

When you have finished your research here, you'll be in a position to write a short (5- to 7-page) paper discussing the question:

How can you incorporate network security principles into your use of networked systems to insure the security and accuracy of the networked data?

This is an open-ended assignment; we've chosen not to provide specific questions to guide you. If it's really frustrating you and you need some further guidance, please contact your professor and we'll try to see what we can to help.

Clearly, there is no single right answer to this question; we aren't looking for you to come up with a particular answer, but rather to creatively apply some new principles to a setting you are reasonably familiar with. There are lots of possibilities, and we will be interested to see what you come up with.

Assignment Expectations

Length: Follow the number of pages required in the assignment excluding cover page and references. Each page should have about 300 words.

Your assignment will be evaluated based on the Rubric.

Module 2 – SLP

NETWORK SECURITY MANAGEMENT ISSUES

You'll recall that for the SLP assignment for this course, we are conducting assessments of database programs and demonstrations available online. For this module, your task is to review and try the following:

A Guide to Networking: http://www.pcworld.com/article/196049/the_ultimate_guide_to_home_networking.html

Training material: Cisco CCIE Routing & Switching :: PfR vSeminar :: Part 1, INE Training. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3nTKpXacY

This is an interesting example of a tutorial focused on a particular area of networking. The more of the tutorial you can work through, the better; however, your grade is primarily dependent on how you approach the task and how much learning energy you put into it rather than specific output from the tutorial.

Once you have completed your exploration of the tutorial, to finish the project for this module you are to prepare a 2- to 3-page report covering the following topics:

• what the tutorial teaches
• how good a job the tutorial does (include any of your personal experiences with it that might be relevant)
• who might find the tutorial useful
• any other aspect of the tutorial that you think a reader might find useful

SLP Assignment Expectations

Length: Follow the number of pages required in the assignment excluding cover page and references. Each page should have about 300 words.

Your assignment will be graded according to the MSITM SLP Grading Rubric. (To see the rubric, go to Assessments>Rubrics. Click the arrow next to the rubric name and choose Preview.)