Using the network diagram below, your task is to incorporate the devices on the lower right into the diagram to create a secure corporate network. The devices you need to incorporate into the network diagram include: Web server, ftp server, vulnerability scanner, anti-virus server (client-based / server-based), Web proxy, intrusion detection system (IDS), and authentication server.

 

 

 

Note: All client-based / server-based devices work where a client is installed on a workstation, which has bidirectional communication with a corresponding server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

 

1. Determine which devices you will use for both the current network diagram infrastructure consisting of firewalls, routers, and workstations as well as the device you need to incorporate.  Include the following for each:
   1. Make or vendor’s name (e.g., Microsoft, Redhat, Cisco, Juniper, Netgear, 3Com, etc.)
   2. Model (e.g., Windows 7, ASA 5500, Cisco 3500, Squid, etc.)
   3. IP address assigned to all devices
2. Establish the configuration for each device in which you:
   1. Research each of the devices you chose and provide a basic configuration you would use in your network.
   2. Use IP addresses to describe your configuration.
   3. Explain the impact that each of your configurations has on the security of the entire network.
   4. Highlight at least five (5) security features for each device, including devices in network diagram.
3. Using Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative to create a final network diagram that incorporates all devices into the existing network and ensures the following:
   1. VPN sessions (from laptop) are only allowed to access the desktops in the IT department by IT department employees.
   2. All VPN connections from the Internet cloud into the corporate network terminate at the VPN server.
   3. Users from Engineering and Finance and Accounting CANNOT communicate.
   4. Vulnerability scans occur daily in which all desktops are scanned at least once per day.
4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
• Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

 

 

For this assignment, read the case study, “VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy,” on page 437 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

 

 

 

1. Contrast the advantages of utilizing company-owned plants to using a large network of suppliers.

 

 

 

2. The development of strategic supplier relationships was discussed in the case. Why is this important to both the company as well as to the suppliers?

 

 

 

3. Analyze the strategic growth plan of VF Brands with respect to their acquisitions. Their mission in these acquisitions was to preserve the organizational culture and unique brand identities of these acquisitions. Why was VF Brands concerned about this?

 

 

 

4. Analyze whether VF Brands should expand the “Third Way” sourcing strategy, expand internal manufacturing, or do more traditional sourcing. Include your rationale.

 

Should be a minimum of 3 pages not to include title page and reference page. Must not have plagirism. Use Textbook Strategic marketing problems as one of the references

Calculating Inventory

Finlon Upholstery Inc. uses a job-order costing system to accumulate manufacturing costs. The company’s work-in-process on December 31, 2001, consisted of one job (no. 2077), which was carried on the year-end balance sheet at $156,800. There was no finished-goods inventory on this date.

Finlon applies manufacturing overhead to production on the basis of direct-labor cost. (The budgeted direct-labor cost is the company’s practical capacity, in terms of direct-labor hours multiplied by the budgeted direct-labor rate.) Budgeted totals for 2002 for direct labor and manufacturing overhead are $4,200,000 and $5,460,000, respectively. Actual results for the year are as follows:

Actual Results
Direct Materials Used	$5,600,000.00
Direct Labor	$4,350,000.00
Indirect Material Used	$65,000.00
Indirect Labor	$2,860,000.00
Factory Depreciation	$1,740,000.00
Factory Insurance	$59,000.00
Factory Utilities	$830,000.00
Selling and Administrative Expenses	$2,160,000.00
Total	$17,664,000.00

Job no. 2077 was completed in January 2002, and there was no work in process at year-end. All jobs produced during 2002 were sold with the exception of Job no. 2143, which contained direct-material costs of $156,000 and direct-labor charges of $85,000. The company charges any under- or over-applied overhead to the cost of goods sold category.

Using the above information, do the following:

• Calculate the company’s predetermined overhead application rate.
• Calculate the additions to the work-in-process inventory account for the direct material used, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.
• Calculate the finished-goods inventory for the 12/31/02 balance sheet.
• Calculate the over-applied or under-applied overhead at year-end.
• Explain if it is appropriate to include selling and administrative expenses in the cost of goods sold category.

Perform your calculations in an Excel spreadsheet and copy the calculations into a Word docum

Discussion 1 Due

• Complete the life-changes questionnaire in your course textbook on pages 248 and explain your life-stress index and how your level of stress impacts you.
• Expand the discussion to focus strategies you apply to deal with stress and the stress that patients and families deal with in a hospital setting. How can you assist them? Bring pertinent personal experiences into the discussion, if any.
• Explain how those instances of stress affect behavior. How does understanding stress and its effects change your view of patient behavior?

Unit VI Case Study

 

For this assignment, read the case study, “Southwest Airlines,” on page 479 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

 

1. What is the Southwest business model and why is it so effective?

 

2. Is the “Continental Lite” and “Shuttle by United” achieving their objective of matching Southwest’s price and service offering?

 

3. Compile a comparative analysis of two competing airlines to Southwest with respect to service and price.

 

4. How might Southwest react to the changes discussed in the “Tuesday Meeting” (last couple of paragraphs of case)?

 

 

 

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length, double-spaced. References should include your textbook plus a minimum of one additional credible reference. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations per APA guidelines.