Scenario
NEXT GEN.INC is a multinational company operating across the globe and serving multiple nationalities. The main business that is carried out by NEXT GEN.INC is to offer customer services for various industries such as telecom and banking to the local and remote vendors. The company owns the network infrastructure including basic devices to an advanced range of expensive hardware / complex software and services which are often seen in an enterprise network model.
You are an IT Specialist in the IT Team of the company and have been given a responsibility to educate the new joiners doing their internship by creating a nesting plan. This training should involve theory as well as practical approach in order to describe all hardware / software / services that are used currently or proposed in the plan of the company.
Task 1
1.1 Discuss the technologies and security resources that support and are available in network infrastructure management by demonstrating the practical and conceptual usage by preparing the design and applying a range of appropriate deployment method of the following:
I. Identification of Networked Devices
II. Domain Name System (DNS)
III. Active Directory
IV. IP address assignment methods
V. Resource Management (user access level / service access level)
VI. Virtual Private Network (VPN)
P1.1, P2.1, P2.2, P2.3, P3.1, M2
1.2 Server Systems technologies capable of supporting and securing network infrastructure management by giving details on:
I. Firewalls
II. Bounded Media
III. Unbounded Media
IV. Remote Workstations
V. Encryption
VI. Authentication
VII. Certificate Authorities.
P1.2, P1.3
Task 2
2.1 Test and evaluate the implemented infrastructure system by reviewing:
I. Availability of all resources.
II. Assurance of valid group and user level access.
2.2 Maintain Documentation to have an effective approach to handle complex problems by:
I. Test Plan.
II. Test Results.
III. Analysis of the results.
P4.1, P4.2, M1
Task 3
On completion of these task it is of benefit to review your own performance to evaluate the grade to which the investigation and specification of tasks have been successful.
Prepare a critical evaluation that shows an analysis of your own performance in completing this assignment. You should also evaluate the extent to which the completed tasks were successful and present an appropriate structure / approach to be used in order to do improvements.