Reference no: EM132199894

Application of Penetration Testing International University is a publicly-traded university that has campuses and online offerings across the United States, Canada, and Europe and has recently added a campus in Nairobi, Kenya. The network that supports these campuses is a mix of local LANs connected to the headquarters in Mobile, Alabama. The local LANs are the responsibility of IT staff, who are hired and managed locally. The WAN aspects of the network are centrally managed, as are the account creation and management activities. The CIO of International University has some concerns about the skills of the local IT staff and has hired you to engage in controls testing to evaluate the security profile of the network and to determine whether there are any security vulnerabilities being created at the local LAN level. He has also asked that you include in your controls testing report your recommendations for what skills and roles would be appropriate to ensure proper governance of security is occurring at all levels of the organization.

Discuss the following: Evaluate the methodologies of testing design with the objective of measuring the level of network security within an international organization.

Recommend strategies for testing the efficacy of the existing network architecture within an international organization.

Explore the specific skills, roles, and tasks involved in designing a secure network architecture within an international organization.

Explore the concept of synergistic security in terms of the impact of combining security controls in enhancing the overall security posture of an organization.