The Problem
In today’s world of the Internet and ecommerce, many companies lack the expertise and training to secure their critical network infrastructure and data. Because of this deficiency, many companies’ infrastructures are subject to being compromised. With extortion, cyber theft, malicious attacks and internal theft now occurring at an unprecedented rate, many companies are just becoming aware of their problem. While a few companies and corporations rouse to this new world of problems, many continue to sleep, totally oblivious to what is happening as they go about their daily work. This article gives terminology and briefs from the Information Technology
industry. This research provides you with an in-depth understanding of what network and infrastructure security problems are present and what will be required from companies and corporations in order to protect themselves from malicious activities.
Research Method and Design
The research behind this article combines information from industry experts, national publications, the Internet, technology college textbooks and a large school system implementing a strategy for the ongoing development of a security plan for protecting their network infrastructure and data. The use of information from the latter was most beneficial to discussions of internal network infrastructure, interpretation of friendly vs. malicious, and how to implement compliance for Computer and Network Security. The implementation plan outline is provided in Part Two, followed by the methodology used and a detailed plan in use at a medium sized corporation in Part Three.
Findings
As the study concludes, the primary requirement for compliance with network and infrastructure security is a strong and robust internal policy and procedure for the infrastructure of companies, with continual training. Companies with no policies or weak policies will continue to fail with compliance of security initiatives and the costs for repairing or troubleshooting their network will be far greater than that of a company within compliance. Ultimately, those companies with a strong policy and procedure that includes disaster recovery and failure will excel. Individual users, including the main hierarchy of the Information Technology department will have more assurances that they are protected as well as their individual
client’s data. Companies and corporations must support Computer and Network Security initiatives along with meeting the budgetary needs of their IT department in order to maintain a healthy profit margin for the end products of the business. The lack of security in today’s infrastructure could result in the demise of the corporation.