Security Considerations
The issues with the current set up of our lab in an enterprise environment are control and exceptions. Control is an issue because with all of the computers on a different domain password policies and other security features will not be implemented. This hurts the organization because it is not prepared for an intrusion of their network. A good fix for this issue is to get the network on the same domain and keep control over all users. Having control over users passwords and access to network locations can help keep a network secure. The other issue that the lab set up is exceptions. Exception are an issue in our lab environment because if a user is trying to ftp and they want to use port 1000 the system wont know how to handle it. This is important because if a hacker tries to connect to the network and notices that the system can only use port 80 for the web server it gives the attacker more information about your network. A …show more content…
Monitoring solutions can be used to monitor all kinds of information on the network including. According to http://www.opsview.com/why-opsview the features of opsview include being able to see the entire connected device on the network and what resources they are taking. Viewing different devices can give the system administrator more information about the status of the network. This is important because it allows the system administrator to have an up to the minute view of the overall health of the network and inspect and fix any part that is damaging the system. Having good monitoring can help prevent downtime and decrease the response time in intrusion detection. Another good feature for opsview is to observe the routers and edge devices on the network. This is important because the router is the first line of defense of attacks. If a system administrator can have info on the edge device, they can better defend and maintain the
The issues with the current set up of our lab in an enterprise environment are control and exceptions. Control is an issue because with all of the computers on a different domain password policies and other security features will not be implemented. This hurts the organization because it is not prepared for an intrusion of their network. A good fix for this issue is to get the network on the same domain and keep control over all users. Having control over users passwords and access to network locations can help keep a network secure. The other issue that the lab set up is exceptions. Exception are an issue in our lab environment because if a user is trying to ftp and they want to use port 1000 the system wont know how to handle it. This is important because if a hacker tries to connect to the network and notices that the system can only use port 80 for the web server it gives the attacker more information about your network. A …show more content…
Monitoring solutions can be used to monitor all kinds of information on the network including. According to http://www.opsview.com/why-opsview the features of opsview include being able to see the entire connected device on the network and what resources they are taking. Viewing different devices can give the system administrator more information about the status of the network. This is important because it allows the system administrator to have an up to the minute view of the overall health of the network and inspect and fix any part that is damaging the system. Having good monitoring can help prevent downtime and decrease the response time in intrusion detection. Another good feature for opsview is to observe the routers and edge devices on the network. This is important because the router is the first line of defense of attacks. If a system administrator can have info on the edge device, they can better defend and maintain the