Because networks are designed to share information, security is an ongoing issue that must be assessed and addressed at all levels. For this assignment, imagine you are responsible for creating a security and privacy plan for a small doctors'' office that has 4 doctors and 10 staff. The purpose of your plan is to describe standards that help ensure the privacy and integrity of the many different facets of a network.

Include the following in your 5-6-page security and privacy plan:

Create an enterprise-wide network security plan for the abovementioned organization.
Describe the most common vulnerabilities, risks, and issues that your plan will address.
Describe a plan for standards to protect the users from harming the network and system, both intentionally and accidentally. Discuss how these will be enforced.
Include policies that protect the hardware and physical aspects of the network.
Identify hardware areas that need to be secured.
Describe steps that will be taken to ensure the security of the operating systems and network files.
Discuss measures that are necessary to protect the transfer of data to and from the network.
Apply the concepts from the unit''s assigned hands-on virtual labs.

Submission Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: If you use sources, ensure that resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Network Security Plan Scoring Guide:

1. Analyzes measures that are necessary to protect the transfer of data to and from the network.

2. Explains policies that protect the hardware and physical aspects of the network.

3. Analyzes common vulnerabilities, risks, and issues in networking.

4. Describes steps that will be taken to ensure the security of the operating systems and network files; discusses how these will be enforced.

5. Identifies hardware areas that need to be secured and describes how to complete this.

6. Describes a plan for standards to protect the users from harming the network and system; discusses the application of enforcing these strategies.

7. Creates a detailed enterprise-wide network security plan for an organization; plan successfully incorporates networking standards.