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Riordan Manufacturing Physical and Network Security
Team B
Sean Burnett, Audrey Clarke, Rick Hamby, John Robinson, Rick Garcia
University of Phoenix
CMGT/441
May 29, 2013
Levi Royster

Riordan Manufacturing Physical and Network Security
Overview
Riordan currently operates four manufacturing plants; three located in the United States (San Jose, California; Pontiac, Michigan; and Albany, Georgia) and one overseas (Hang Zhou, China). Each plant contains the same basic departments, to include Sales and Marketing, Operations, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Legal, and Human Resources (Apollo Group, 2006). However, the problems lies within all four plants Sales and Marketing, Operations, Finance and Accounting, and Human Resources departments, which have outdated and unconsolidated systems.
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This paper is to outline Riordan Manufacturing’s existing Information Security Systems, determine their weaknesses, and develop solutions to those weaknesses by addressing security issues in the areas of physical, network, data, and the web. * PHYSICAL SECURITY ISSUES/CONCERNS Current Specifications Recommendations Badge Access Control System Alarm System Security Patrols

NETWORK SECURITY ISSUES/CONCERNS Current Specifications Recommendations Cisco ASA 5500 series Disaster Recovery Plan Intrusion Detection and Prevention System DATA SECURITY ISSUES/CONCERNS Current Specifications Recommendations Strategy and Risk Assessment Upgrade of Physical Security Components Practice Computer and Network Security WEB SECURITY ISSUES/CONCERNS Current Specifications Recommendations Computer Database Total Defense Security Identity Protection and Verification
Secure Socket Layer Certificate

BUSINESS CONTINUITY ISSUES/CONCERNS Current Specifications Recommendations
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