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Imagine you are an Information Systems Security Officer for a
medium-sized financial services firm that has operations in four (4)
states (Virginia, Florida, Arizona, and California). Due to the highly
sensitive data created, stored, and transported by your organization,
the CIO is concerned with implementing proper security controls for
the LAN-to-WAN domain. Specifically, the CIO is concerned with the
following areas:
Protecting data privacy across the WAN
Filtering undesirable network traffic from the Internet
Filtering the traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the
organizational acceptable use policy (AUP) for the Web
Having a zone that allows access for anonymous users but
aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
Having an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker
activities
Allowing a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to
identify and block unusual activity
Hiding internal IP addresses
Allowing operating system and application patch management
The CIO has tasked you with proposing a series of hardware and
software controls designed to provide security for the LAN-to-WAN
domain. The CIO anticipates receiving both a written report and
diagram(s) to support your recommendations.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you: