Networking Case Study

Scenario: You have just been hired by an independent hotel as Director of Operations. You were chosen because of your technological experience and the owners would like you to conduct an analysis of their network security. This is of high importance as local hotels have recently fallen victim to hacking and your hotel does not want to be next!

Challenge: The first thing you do is a situational analysis to find points of vulnerability. You want to identify major problems and find potential solutions before you look into the specifics.

You have compiled a top $10$ list:

$1.$ Front desk staff is giving too much information over the phone

$2.$ Computer room is unlocked

$3.$ Passwords do not need to be changed

$4.$ Guests and employees use the same network

$5.$ Employee and guest cell phones can access the hotel$$s wireless network

$6.$ Firewall software requires manual updates

$7.$ No employee network policy currently exists

$8.$ Business center computers do not require passwords

$9.$ Software installation is allowed on all computers

$10.$ Ability to access the hotel$$s wireless across the street

As you present your findings to the owners, you find out another hotel has just been hacked. The owners want immediate action. There is still more investigating that needs to be done, but you need to get started!

Questions: Use the template to type your answers.

$1.$ What should you do first and why?

$2.$ List in order your next nine priorities and justify your answers.

a$.$ What are the ramifications of these problems $($Why are these such big concerns to the new Director of Operations$)?$

Answer in sequential order $($Point $1,$ Point $2,$ Point $3$ etc.$)$ in template provided in Brightspace.

Research the challenges of the top $10$ list.

Hint: Think of urgency, cost and ease of completion

Provide APA reference for all researched materials. HOTL $9709$ W$24-$ Networking Case Study

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