define an acceptable use policy
Unit 5 Assignment 2 – Define an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) Richman Investments holds requirements for the usage of the company network including filtering policies for network traffic
LAN – WAN is where the IT infrastructure links to a wide area network and internet.
For Security (Administrators and Managers)
Security monitoring controls for intrusion
Apply an email server antivirus (also applies for attachments)
Disablement for ping, probing, and port scanning on all exterior IP devices
Denial of outbound traffic using source IP addresses
Apply file transfer monitoring, scanning and alarming for unknown file types
Web Surfing and the Usage of the internet
Apply domain-name content filtering at the internet entry/access point
Employees may lose productivity while searching web for non-work related material (Facebook, YouTube, etc.)
Pros: These policies could prevent a loss of productivity from employees using social media sites such as Facebook, and MySpace. It could also help to prevent possible virus and malware infections.
Cons: By putting a limitation to web surfing it may cause the employee a lack independence of finding information. What if they need to look up an answer to a question for a customer and has to find it on the web?
Guidelines to usage of email are covered under email usage policy
Richman Investment Employees:
Certain traffic is expressly forbidden: * No peer-to-peer file sharing or externally reachable file transfer protocol (FTP) servers * No downloading executable from known software sites * No unauthorized redistribution of licensed or copy righted material * No exporting internal software or technical material in violation of export control laws * No introduction of malicious programs into networks or onto systems * No accessing unauthorized internal resources or information from sources * No port scanning or data interception on the network * No denying service or circumventing authentication
LAN – WAN is where the IT infrastructure links to a wide area network and internet.
For Security (Administrators and Managers)
Security monitoring controls for intrusion
Apply an email server antivirus (also applies for attachments)
Disablement for ping, probing, and port scanning on all exterior IP devices
Denial of outbound traffic using source IP addresses
Apply file transfer monitoring, scanning and alarming for unknown file types
Web Surfing and the Usage of the internet
Apply domain-name content filtering at the internet entry/access point
Employees may lose productivity while searching web for non-work related material (Facebook, YouTube, etc.)
Pros: These policies could prevent a loss of productivity from employees using social media sites such as Facebook, and MySpace. It could also help to prevent possible virus and malware infections.
Cons: By putting a limitation to web surfing it may cause the employee a lack independence of finding information. What if they need to look up an answer to a question for a customer and has to find it on the web?
Guidelines to usage of email are covered under email usage policy
Richman Investment Employees:
Certain traffic is expressly forbidden: * No peer-to-peer file sharing or externally reachable file transfer protocol (FTP) servers * No downloading executable from known software sites * No unauthorized redistribution of licensed or copy righted material * No exporting internal software or technical material in violation of export control laws * No introduction of malicious programs into networks or onto systems * No accessing unauthorized internal resources or information from sources * No port scanning or data interception on the network * No denying service or circumventing authentication