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Overview of Network Security Assessment - Analysis of network security tools

Purpose of the assessment - The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate and compare two security tools. Student will discuss common threats and attacks on networked information systems, and how to mitigate them. Students should be able to demonstrate their achievements in the following unit learning outcomes: Analyse and discuss common emerging threats, attacks, mitigation and countermeasures in networked information systems;

Assignment Description -

For this assignment, you will select, analyse, and compare the features of any two Network Security tools listed in Table 1 and evaluate their suitability for the given network scenario. Marks will be awarded based on the analysis of the characteristics, features and applicability of these security tools and also based on the quality of demonstration/presentation.

Your task is to complete and make a 6-7 min video presentation on the following:

1. Download and install (on your computer or on MIT Virtual box) any two of the Security Tools from Table 1.

2. Outline of your presentation should include the description of each tool.

3. Demonstrate (narration of your actions recorded in video) 4 tasks that each of the selected software/security tools can perform. Your demonstration should include:

i. Discussion on the threats that these tools can be used for mitigation (the name and brief description of the threats should be included in your discussion), and

ii. Explanation of how to use these tool to monitor security threats.

4. Comparison of the tools that you have selected for this work. Your comparison could include:

i. Security features (range/level)

ii. Time taken to detect any threat

iii. Ease of usage

5. Analyse the following scenario and give your opinion on which of the tools that you investigated could be more suitable for the scenario. In your analysis, please consider the following:

i. Discuss the business requirement for UVW in terms of their security?

ii. Identify the probable Security threats for UVW?

iii. Select and propose a tool (between the two tools that you have worked on) that could be used for the given scenario.

iv. Justify your selection.

6. You should appear in the video at the first and last 30 secs to introduce yourself and draw a conclusion on your experience of using the selected Security Tools.

Case Scenario: UVW is an educational institute with three sites in Brisbane, Adelaide and Hobart. The main campus of UVW is in Brisbane. The servers are located in Brisbane. Each campus has approximately 60 staff and they have 5 departments, Academic, Finance, Operations, Student service, and Administration. Staff from all three sites need to communicate with each other on a daily basis on various matter. Although most of the staff are full time and have fixed desk but some of the staff work part-time and UVW have BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy for their staff where staff can bring their own device/s and connect to the institute's network through wireless connection. Students also use wireless connection on the campus to access unit material as well as remain connected with friends. UVW require highest level of security and confidentiality to protect their data and information. So, network and information security is very important for UVW. The challenge of UVW is to maintain high level of security within a small budget.

Table 1 - Network Security Tools (You can choose any two network security tools for your demonstration with your tutor's consent)

Serial #	Name of the security tool
1	Kismet
2	Nmap
3	Nessus
4	Nikto
5	Microsoft security essential

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar