Network and Security Assignment

NETWORK AND SECURITY ASSIGNMENT 1
NETWORK & SECURITY ASSIGNMENT
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NETWORK AND SECURITY ASSIGNMENT 2
ICA COMPONENT 1
INTRODUCTION
The fresh fruit organization in this case study needs to have a network to coordinate all its
operations. This organization distributes fresh fruits. This company aspires to coordinate all the
operations across its depots in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh through a large data
center. According to company needs, it must coordinate all its depots, its inter-depot transfer
services as well as its collection and delivery services. The head offices for this company are
based in London and its depots in the four towns listed above. The company must have a data
center and a disaster recovery plan which will be helpful in case of emergencies. Also, because
not all its depots have limited technologies, the ways to connect some of those depots will be
discussed. This report will, therefore, be based on the implementation of a branched network to
meet the needs of the company (Risso, Nesmachnow and Robledo, 2018, p.600).
OBJECTIVES
Based on the company needs, below are the six major objectives of the network design to be
implemented
 Realizing a reliable network design that can interconnect the company depots and head
offices
 Realizing remote access to the network by the employees
 Implementation of a data center
 A disaster recovery plan
 IP PBX to facilitate communication among the depots
 Video conferencing capabilities among depots

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DESIGN
This section describes both the technical and physical aspects of the proposed network design.
The figure below describes the geographical location of the network to be implemented.
(Yıldız, Karaşan and Yaman, 2018, p.160)
As observed in the above diagram, all the company depots: Leeds, Manchester,
Liverpool, and Edinburgh will be connected to a VPN through the internet. The VPN services
will be outsourced from the local service providers. Some of the reasons behind using the VPN
are: (1) through it, it’s easier to add more sites as the company expands (2) It’s cheaper and
secure (3) it will allow the company employees to remotely connect to the company’s internal

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network at any place and lastly (4) it can easily allow new depots to be added on the network as
the company grows (Cheruku et al, 2018, p.103).
Since not all depots have wireless connections or wired connections for them to be
directly connected to the VPN, microwaves will be used in such cases to link the depots to the
nearest one where they can then be comfortably connected to the VPN. In order to facilitate
company meetings without necessarily traveling, video conferencing and voice calling
capabilities among the depots will be established. The Head offices in London will be connected
to the depot offices through the global VPN. The design will mainly use Cisco networking
devices for routing and switching. This is because they are trustworthy and the best in the field.
They are sold with warranties; the company gives support after selling their devices, affordable
and durable (Soleimani and Kannan, 2015, p.4000).
THE HEAD OFFICE