MIS 320 Networks and Security Project
MIS 320 Networks and Security Project
MIS 320 Objective: Design an intranet to support the business requirements/operations described below.
Requirements:
Ava recently purchased a commercial building.
• She has already signed a rental contract with a local retail bank to combine several offices into one large
office to be used as a branch office by this retail bank. This rental contract includes all network services
required to support the retail banking operations and transactions.
o Hint: Retail banking operations are mission-critical.
• She will also open up an Online Accounting Service business with 100 employees. A data center (also
known as a remote data server) must be established to satisfy the PCI DSS regulations. This business is
projected to serve 500+ companies on an annual basis.
Your MIS 320 Tasks:
Please prepare a proposal for implementing an intranet with 2 or more local area networks in order to
support Ava’s business needs, as described above.
At the minimum, your proposal must include the items listed below.
1. For every proposed local area network:
a. A network diagram
b. The type of local area network
c. A list of networking devices that will be used to build this local area network
d. The business or businesses that will be supported by this local area network
2. For the proposed intranet:
a. A network infrastructure diagram, showing how all proposed local area networks are
interconnected
b. A list of internetworking devices that will be used to interconnect all proposed local area networks
Hints:
• You need to review all homework assignments and quizzes before working on the project.
• You also need to study all links included in the “Requirements” section of the project.
• Data Center and PCI DSS: Class MIS 320 notes “Compliance Laws” Page 6 to Page 8.
• Retail banking operations are mission-critical.
• What is a networking device?
• What is an internetworking device?
• What is an intranet?
• How many different types of local networks are there?
• Do all local area networks follow/use the same protocol?
