CIS337– Networking in Business

Unit 4 Assignment: Final Project Part I: Planning the Network

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Due Date: 11:59 pm EST Sunday of Unit 4 Points: 20

Overview: Your medium-sized organization is expanding both nationally and internationally and you have been tasked to implement a Wide Area Network (WAN) topology. The organization has expanded to 5 different geographical locations and has directed you to design the WAN. In essence, you need to submit a plan to your Executive board and get approval to install the WAN. Background Information:

• Your Executive Board consists of the CEO, CFO, CIO.

• Your IT/Security Team consists of CISO, Security Manager, Data Center

manager, IT Manager.

• Employees of the organization will expand from 20 to 60 (globally).

• Currently, there are 20 employees at Location A. There will be another location of

30 employees at Location B and 10 new employees in France. Some new

employees at Location B will be remote users.

• Your new network must be scalable for future growth.

Instructions: For this section, you will work in a group. Each person in the group will submit the PowerPoint presentation to the instructor for an individual grade. Your organization needs you to set up the network topology and requests your input on the following requirements to build the WAN. Build a PowerPoint Presentation to present to the Executive Board based on the following questions:

• Who are the stakeholders?

a. Who are you communicating with?

b. Who are you collaborating with?

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• Select and justify both internal and external networking components and explain

why your group chose them.

• Provide a security recommendation to ensure the network is secure in transit and

at rest.

• Provide what network protocols will be used for the WAN architecture and why.

Ensure the network can provide the following capabilities:

c. Connect all users local, remote, and internationally.

d. Have to ability to file share.

e. The ability to access the Customer Data database.

f. Manage all resources centrally.

g. Allow users to access resources remotely and securely.

Requirements:

• PowerPoint Presentation compromised of 4 slides minimum, excluding the Title, and Reference page.

• Provide supporting notes representing each slide. • APA 7 format, including an in-text citation for referenced work.

• Be sure to include the names of each person in your group at the bottom of each slide.

• At least two resources.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Unit 4: Final Project Part I Assignment

CRITERIA Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

0-1 Points 2 Points 3-4 Points

Group Participation

Did not participate or minimally participated with the team in the decisions

Somewhat participated with the team in the decisions concerning the presentation.

Actively participated with the team in the decisions concerning the presentation.

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CRITERIA Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

concerning the presentation.

Stakeholders Stakeholders are not identified.

Stakeholder information is present and mostly identified.

Stakeholders are clearly identified, and all details are included.

Justification Justification for the network is not identified and is poorly presented.

Justification for the network is present but missing minor details.

Justification for the network is clearly defined and presented, including all details.

Security Recommendations

Security recommendations are not present or are poorly presented.

Security recommendations are present but missing minor details.

Security recommendations are clearly defined and presented, including all details.

Network Protocols

Protocols are not present or are poorly presented.

Protocols are present but are missing minor details.

Protocols are clearly defined and presented, including all details.

0 Points 1 Point 2 Points

Notes Section The Notes sections are scarce/empty.

The Notes sections contain some supporting notes.

The Notes section is complete with robust and meaningful supporting notes.

0 Points 0-1 Point 1 Point

Resources 0-1 resource n/a 2 resources or more

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CRITERIA Needs Improvement

Proficient Exemplary

Slide Length Less than 4 slides

n/a 4 slides or more

Clear and Professional Writing and APA 7 Format

Errors impede professional presentation; APA 7 guidelines not followed.

Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.

Writing and format are clear, professional, APA 7 compliant, and error-free.