Advanced Network Security

Running head: ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY
ACME COMPANY: ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY
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ADVANCED NETWORK SECURITY 2
Executive summary
ACME Company is a private company that is located in a two floor building with 120
employees. The company has two divisions which are the property management group and the
commercial real estate. The company profits is around one million dollars annually. The
organization intends to grow the number of staff members between 30 to 50 employees. In
addition, the organization intends to lease a 3rd floor which is to be located in the main office.
Also, the company plans to move to VoIP so as to eliminate the separate PABX systems which
the company has been using for their existing phone system. The company also plans to provide
wireless network access across its three floors building.
Task 1: Sections of the basic network policy
A network policy is a set of constrains, settings and conditions which allow one to designate
who is authorized to connect to the organization network and the circumstances which pone
cannot or can connect. Some organization view network policies as rules where each rule has a
set of settings and conditions (Kotenko & Skormin, 2017). This means that a network policy
needs to have several key sections which addresses potential issues for network access, device
access, users, and other areas. Some of the key sections which should be included in a basic
network policy are
 Introduction
 Acceptable use policy
 E-mail and communication activities
 Anti-virus policy
 Identity policy
 Password policy

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 Encryption policy
 Remote access policy
 Wireless LAN policy
 VPN (Virtual Private Network) policy
 Extranet policy
 Internet Access policy
 Physical organization device policy (Bradley, 2016)
Task 2: Security policies
The major aim of a network policy is inform organization staff and network users on the
network requirements for protecting various assets. Usually network assets includes various
forms which are servers, passwords, or documents. The policies lay guidelines for auditing,
configuring, and acquiring audit computer networks and systems (Hathawa, 2014).
Internet usage policy
Internet usage policy is used to provide organization employees with the guidelines and
rules about the use of internet access. This policy specifically assists in protecting both the
employee and the business. The employees needs to be ware on the serious repercussions that led
to fewer security risks for the organization.
The use of internet by all the employees of ACME Company is encourages and permitted
where each use supports objectives and goals of the organization. Nevertheless access to the
internet though ACME router is a privilege therefore all the employees needs to adhere to the
company’s polices that concerns internet usage. The company employees’ needs to use the wide
area network responsibility and productively. The wide area network is limited to job-related
activities only; personal use is not allowed. The installation of applications and software is