Case Studies
Securing a Wide-Open Computer Network
I will be outlining how I've applied many of the security principles discussed in this paper. While there are many highly qualified IT professionals in the field today, there are ...
Written by: Mark Andrich and added on June 3, 2011Information Technology Department Network Security Briefing
When I started my career in Information Technology (too many years ago to mention), the corporate network at the company I was working for consisted of private leased lines to ...
Written by: Thad Nobuhara and added on Jan. 20, 2011When Policies that have 'Always Worked', Don't or
The scenario I will describe in this paper outlines a failure of our "human systems" due to a limitation in our thinking about our procedures that could easily have had ...
Written by: Rich Parker and added on March 28, 2011Security from Scratch ... How to Achieve It
If you find yourself in a situation where you're working for a company that has put together an IT infrastructure and the only real concerns have been functionality and performance, ...
Written by: Alan Davies and added on May 19, 2011I Think Our Internet Connection is Down
The following is a case analysis of a real incident that was uncovered while trying to assist a small company with a supposed down Internet connection. The particular organization published ...
Written by: Raymond Hillen III and added on May 3, 2011Security Issues of Integrating a Stand-alone System into Corporate Network
This paper describes some methods to improve security on systems that were originally designed as stand-alone or where security issues were ignored. It points out the weaknesses which have to ...
Document added on May 3, 2011Improving Defense in Depth for NASA's Mission Network
Defense in depth has been used by NASA's Mission Network in the past and will be used in the future to improve its security posture. These defense building blocks included ...
Document added on May 11, 2011Securing a University Environment; An Evolutionary Case Study
Like many small private universities the one for which I work was for many years an open environment as far as network security was concerned. We quickly learned however, that ...
Document added on July 1, 2011Remote Access using Telstra Dial IP
This paper will demonstrate how the real-world security problem of remote access to an Enterprise network was addressed and validated (post-implementation) through the Internet Security Alliance's (ISA) Common Sense Guide ...
Document added on May 12, 2011Securing a Small Community College-A Case Study
This practicum identifies critical computing resources used in a small community college, develops a method of defining risk, presents a network design, as well as, implements security policies to address ...
Document added on June 15, 2011