A Secure Network for All
Team Excel
Requirements
Business
• Add visitor, customer, and competitor access
• Use non-company laptops onto corporate network
for internet and internal application use
• Visitor access to internet, VPN
• Wireless access
Security
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Protect corporate IP
Principle of least privilege
Patch and anti-virus required
Wireless access to internal network prohibited
Challenge = How?
Access required
Pros
Risks
Employees
•Physical
•Internet
•Intranet
•Corporate Applications
•Standard builds
•Regular patches
•Updated Anti-Virus
•Physical access to
most areas
Visitors
(frequent, short
meetings)
•Physical
•Internet
•Wireless access
•External access only
•Escort required
•Unfiltered access to
internet
•No login
•Wireless security
Contractors
(Few days to 1 year)
•Physical
•Internet
•Corporate Applications
•NDA required
•Easy to control
application access
•Login created for
access
•Access typically same
as employee
Customers and/or
Competitors
(Regularly on-site for
specific projects)
•Physical
•Internet
•Some internal
applications
•Non-standard builds
•Limited ability to
control
•Login created for
access
•Considerable access to
building
•Intentional or
unintentional disclosure
Risks
• Physical access to
multiple networks
• Protection of Intellectual
Property
• Introduction of Malware
• Unintentional access to
corporate data and
applications
• Blocking of valid users
• Difficult for support staff
to understand who can
access what
Are you at risk?
Anyone with a requirement to protect
corporate intellectual property or
privacy data:
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Government
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Healthcare
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Research
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Engineering
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Many more
Technology
Pro
Con
Electronic badge
•Limits access to buildings and
certain rooms
•Auditing is available
•Once in a building, access is
open to most areas
•Physical access to network
available in empty offices, etc
LDAP login
•Limits access to domain
•Occurs after network access is
granted
•DHCP address granted to
anyone
Active Directory groups
•Allows or restricts access to
specific applications
•Easy to maintain
•Auditing available
•Can be easy to get added to a
group
Separate networks
•Limits access to subnet and
specific IP’s and ports
•May require additional
authentication
•Requires additional
infrastructure
•Firewall rules can be complex
Network Access Control
•Prevents access to network
without authentication
•Policy-based access can limit
access anywhere at a site
•Cost
•Complex support
•Blocking valid users
Encryption
•Prevents reading data even if
disclosed
•Requires infrastructure
•Support issues
Summary
• How do you prevent disclosure to those with physical
access?
• How do you grant access to some while limiting
access to others?
• How can you do it without re-designing your network?
• How can you meet the business requirements without
giving away the corporate secrets?
Solution: Week 10
Questions?