Remote Access Security Plan and Documentation

Document Type:Essay

Subject Area:Technology

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Corporation Tech will need to extend the VPN to enable secure communication between the remote office and the main office. A well design and set VPN offers a myriad of advantages such as, enable geographical extension of connectivity, reduce transmission time and cost for remote offices and or users, it helps in the reduction of operational costs involved in setting up a new network topology, provide better remote access support, provide an opportunity for global networking of various business divisions, provides a faster return on investment compared with setting up of a new wide Area Network. The introduction of the remote offices will introduce a new threat to the company digital assets and there should be mechanisms put in place to ensure the digital assets are protected from unauthorized eyes.

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Some of the proposed methods of protecting the digital assets include the defense-depth approach. Protection of digital assets with defense-depth Approach This can be achieved through the following methods:- • The use of Antivirus Software to provide protection against viruses and malwares • The deployment of Patches on Operating System and Application level to protect against known OS and Application vulnerabilities. Network Topology The best network to be implemented for this expansion would partial Mesh Network topology. This is the best network for this gateway as it would provide for the segmented access for the four firms to access the main office without any issues while at the same time offering a means to each to each of the four segments collectively.

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