North Ridge Security provides security consulting and assurance services. You have recently been hired as an intern to assist them.

Believe Its Magic (BIM) is a regional hair salon with retail outlets in major cities. Because the company was the victim of several recent attacks, BIM wants to completely change its network infrastructure. Currently, the company has a small IT staff, so they have contracted with North Ridge to make recommendations and install the new equipment. First, however, they have asked North Ridge to give a presentation to their executive staff about the current state of network security defenses.

1. Create a PowerPoint presentation for the executive staff about network security appliances. Include firewalls, proxy servers, IDS and IPS, and network hardware security modules. Your presentation should contain at least 10 slides.

2. One of the BIMs executives has heard about honeypots and has decided BIM should install it to, in his words, punish those attackers. North Ridge has advised BIM that the purpose of a honeypot is not retaliation, but the executive has been difficult to persuade. However, he saw your presentation and was impressed with your knowledge. North Ridge has asked you to create a memo about deception instruments and why it could be risky and unnecessary for BIM to install those devices. Create a memo that outlines the advantages and disadvantages of deception instruments, and give your recommendation.