Week 7: Network Design, Management, and Security – Discussion
The Wild, Wild Web (Graded)
| Although we have discussed how the Internet has been an invaluable tool for organizations and people across the world, it has also had adverse impacts on these same groups. From identity theft to denial-of-service attacks, networking technology is being harnessed to harm people and organizations. Do some research and report a recent information security incident. How could this incident have been avoided? What management challenges did this incident present? Discuss which technology from Chapter 11 of your textbook could have helped to prevent or minimize the impact of this incident. |
Week 7: Network Design, Management, and Security – Discussion
Cost Justification (Graded)
| Cost-benefit analysis for our network decisions is a critical skill and ability in IS management. What could we do to impress the CFO with our submission? Let’s look at what they believe is important in an article from the source, CFO Magazine‘s site. Our ability to sell technology recommendations to management often requires providing cost analysis and perhaps even hard dollar benefits. How the CFO in your organization thinks should be a good indicator of what will fly in terms of getting support from the finance department. The CFO Magazine website almost always has some information or articles related to technology or networking.
Go to the CFO Magazine‘s website found in the Webliography under CFO. How could the articles or recommendations at the CFO site help your efforts? Are these subjects where we should be looking to for future investments? How likely is your organization to be looking at these? |
Week 7 Assignments:
Week 7 Chapters 11 and 12 Mini Cases
Additional Study Reference Paper (Source 2)
Week 7 Quiz (Multiple Choice)
1. (TCO E) _____ controls stop a person from acting.
2. (TCO E) A _____ is a situation in which a hacker attempts to disrupt the network by sending messages to the network that prevent normal users’ messages from being processed.
3. (TCO E) Your organization has decided to host a web server that will be accessible by the public. Organizational leadership is concerned about the web server being compromised and thus allowing the remaining network to be compromised. You want to come up with a solution to host the secure the web server internally, but still protect your network. What should you do?
4. (TCO F) The traditional network design approach does not work well for ____ networks.
5. (TCO F) Which of the following would not be a type of circuit that needs to be considered when planning for technology design capacity?
6. (TCO F) Which of the following are not costs that are generally considered during the cost assessment stage of the network design process?
7. (TCO G) ____ refers to keeping track of the operation of network circuits to make sure they are working properly.
8. (TCO G) _____ is a simple method that can help identify computers/devices or communication circuits that have higher-than-average error or usage rates.
9. (TCO G) A _____ is an organizational department that is responsible for monitoring and fixing overall network problems.
10. (TCO G) Service Level Agreements (SLA) are significant for what reason?
