Cisco Firewall Case Study

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According to Aaron Alton the manager of IT Infrastructure the Cisco firewall solution has the ability to prevent intrusion, advanced malware protection, URL filtering and application visibility all in one product. All of these featured are done through the Firepower Management Center. The Firepower Management Center provides “extensive intelligence about the users, application, devices, threats, and vulnerabilities that exist in your network”. After this is done it then provides recommended security policies that can be put into place and tells you what security measures should be looked into further. This system costs $20.03 per protected Mbps.
Cisco FirePOWER 8350
Server Application Attacks (Blocked %) 99.5%
Client Application Attacks …show more content…

This way all computer can be scanned and updated at the same time. It could also be programmed to run after 5:30 pm. Doing updates time way insures that all computers have been properly scanned and updated and up and running when everyone returns the next morning.
Another recommended solution is to set up access controls. Access control is a security precaution that is used to control who or what can view or use resources in a computing environment. Physical access control limits access to campuses, buildings, and physical IT assets. Logical access limits connections to computer networks, system files and data. There are four basic types of access controls: mandatory, discretionary, role-bases and rule-based.
The company would benefit from the management of user rights. This makes sure that a user only has access to the minimum data/information that is appropriate for their job. For this system to remain effective it should be reviewed every four to six months. Job titles, requirements, personal, and technologies change often. In order for it to be proficient and the company to run smoothly everyone should have access to what they need in order to do their job correctly and efficiently the first time

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