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Assignment: Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Conduct research using the library and Internet for information about tools that improve the security of computer communications with UNIX, open source, and Windows operating systems.

• Based on your research, select at least 1 of the tools, and describe how it provides more secure communications for the host operating system.

• Describe a real-life scenario where the selected tool would enhance communications security, and discuss the value of this protection to the company.

Project ( 3-4 ) pages of content

Enterprise computer networks support a significant amount of communication between computers and also between users and computers. Any of these communications is susceptible to interception, so the communications must be protected. With the increasing use of tools for work outside the office and for interactions with Web-based applications, the security of a closed network is no longer the norm in enterprise environments. Accordingly, tools for enhanced protection of the various forms of computer communication must be employed.

For this assignment, you will continue your development of the Operating Systems Security Policies document. New content will include a summary of the types of communication used by the organization's systems and a review of the potential security holes related to the internal and external communications. You will also identify and describe at least 3 tools or techniques that can be used to reduce the communications security threats for any of the OS categories (UNIX, open source, and Windows). For each tool or technology, you must specify a typical use case to demonstrate how the tool or technology can be used.

The following are the project deliverables:

1. Update the Operating Systems Security Policies document title page with a new date and project name.

2. Update the previously completed sections based on the instructor's feedback.

3. New Content: Secure Communications

a. Communications Summary

i. Summarize each of the major types of computer communications used by the organization's systems.

• These communications should include computer-to-computer communications and user-to-computer communications.

ii. Provide a review of the potential security issues related to the internal and external communications.

iii. Discuss how company communications policies can play an important role in the reduction of communication security risks. Include specific examples and real-world case studies to support your discussion.

b. Tools and Techniques

i. Identify and describe at least 3 tools or techniques that can be used to reduce the communications security threats for any of the OS categories (UNIX, open source, and Windows).

ii. For each tool or technology, specify a typical use case to demonstrate how the tool or technology can be used.