who Verizon Communication is, they are one of the biggest cell phone providers. Even though I have service with AT&T, Verizon offers competitive prices for their services. Verizon Communications services and products, they sell are wirelines and wireless communications as we all know it as cell phones. Verizon Communications is up for a challenge due to more companies sell the same products at package deals, which include local voice, high speed internet connections, and video. Because of the…
For this assignment I have chosen to document my experience in the Verizon Wireless cell phone outlet store located in Orangeburg, SC. Upon visiting, we spoke with customer service provider Ms. Bradigan regarding changing my cell phone from iPhone to Android. She has been our primary customer service provider in the business for some time now, and she is always very friendly and personable. Ms. Bradigan has a very joyful personality and manages to maintain a professional image while cultivating…
protocol for wireless networks, which includes WEP (wired equivalent privacy). The standards committee for 802.11 left many of the difficult security issues such as key management and a robust authentication mechanism as open problems. The standards they have established have many flaws that have led to a number of practical attacks. With the increase number of wireless technology there is an increase in the range of places people can perform their business. As a result wireless networks or…
Verizon wireless has been a leader in the telecommunications industry for quite some time, and have now began to focus on training initiatives to improve and maintain that leadership. `Verizon is creating a Culture That Focuses on Shareholder Value`(Kinicki & Williams, 2013, p.257), is a case study about the training program Verizon will use to reach their future goals. “Beginning in 2011, Verizon set three main business goals: (1)to build a business and workforce as good as its networks, (2)to…
system that coordinates immensely high speed wireless communications by using light (Mercer, 2017) It functions by using common Light Emitting Diodes (LED) to facilitate data transfer at speeds up to 224 gigabits per second (Mercer, 2017). Li-Fi proposes a world where common sources of light are able to connect us to the internet. The term Li-Fi was invented by Harold Haas, a University of Edinburgh Professor in 2011. He foresees light bulbs acting as wireless routers and later went on to set…
An area that is more secluded and secure will be more appropriate for Jacket-X to run their business. This will lead to all access points on the Jacket-X network must be safeguarded. Wireless connection will not be open and outsider will not have access to any Ethernet ports or wireless connection. Jacket-X should also be careful when employees following the bring your own device (BYOD) policy to work especially if employees are using the network. Employees can cause substantial damage…
internet and was created in 1980("Wired and Wireless Routers." Wired and Wireless Routers. N.p., n.d. Web). When he was there he had the point of working and supervising 3 facilities so by using this type method of connecting all 3 through distant locations by mere contemplation gave him the idea since he needed several computers and common printers to integrate with each other at same time with all the other stations("Wired and Wireless Routers." Wired and Wireless Routers. N.p., n.d. Web). In…
A work process analysis recommendation that I discovered within my department is with the connection between our vendor offices, the customers, and the back office. Verizon has hired vendor offices that offer customer service to its customer at a cheaper cost than it cost the company to employ someone as an actual Verizon employee. The problem with some of these vendors are that they are restricted access to some customer information due to state, country, company policies. This means that if a…
Assessments (Or “What do we have of value that must be protected?”) A. The Company Network Figure 1: Existing Company Network 1. Physical Devices a) The NETGEAR MR814 Wireless Router (all versions) has two key vulnerabilities. First, the MR814 only supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption to secure traffic sent over the wireless network [1]. WEP has numerous, well documented vulnerabilities and exploits. In its standard implementation, WEP can be compromised easily with a…
In the past years, Verizon laid off thousands of workers, including those who worked for the company for years, and did not replace them. For almost a year Verizon has been trying to renegotiate terms with the communications workers of America union. Workers are concerned about their job knowing that it isn’t safe anymore. Employees are without contracts, according to union officials and workers, and as Verizon stands firmly with “corporate greed”, a strike was the only option left. This strike…