Opened: Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 12:00 AM

Due: Monday, 15 January 2024, 3:00 PM

Arrangements for submission:

Your individual submission deadline will be available through your assessment submission point. However, the Assessment Brief on the Module Guide includes details of the standard submission deadline.

Assignment scenario:

Facewall is a social media company which has recently received a huge attention from users. Currently, the company is located in London (HQ) but two new branches will be open in Tokyo and New York soon. You are hired as a security and network designer to design and implement a network infrastructure for communicating between HQ and branches. The company required network connectivity and secure communication between HQ and branches.

The requirements for the assessment:

• You must design and implementing a network topology on Cisco packet tracer.

• You need to write a report for designed network.

• Both packet tracer and report files need to submit via Moodle separately. (Not a zip file)

• The final evaluation is based on the designed network (70%) and report submission (30%).

The requirements for the design network on packet tracer:

• Network topology should demonstrate at least 3 branches in 3 different geographical places. (Maximum is 5).

• Each branch must have below equipment:

Minimum 1 router

1 ASA firewall

Minimum 3 switches (the usage of both L2 and L3 switches is compulsory) Minimum 10 computers

Minimum 2 server (Web server, email server and etc). HQ also has the main social media customers database in addition to its normal databases.

Only one wireless access point in one of the branches. The other two branches will not have wireless access point. It is your choice to decide which branch must have access point.

• Minimum configuration requirement for proposed topology:

Implement a minimum 3 zone-based firewall (Public, private and DMZ), You can have more based on your design. Each branch needs minimum 3 different VLANs (Max 6)

DMZ and network need to protect with ASA

1 VPN connection from 2 branches (site to site VPN) to HQ Must configure ACL on each branch for controlling the access

ASA rules must assign for each network with proper blocking and permitting configuration Wireless security such as mac filtering, etc

The requirements for the report:

1. The report must include standard IP addressing and subnetting table

• The report must include a table for each device configuration and the purpose of the configuration (More details will be discussed in the class)

Assignment evaluation and marking

Pack tracer file (Network Topology configuration):

Submission status