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IT Capstone Topic Approval Form
The purpose of this document is to help you clearly explain your capstone topic, project scope, and
timeline, and to assure that they align with your degree emphasis. Without clearly naming each of these
areas, you will not have a complete and realistic overview of your project, and it cannot be accurately
assessed whether your project will be doable for the purposes of these courses. Of course, if this a project
that you have already completed at work or elsewhere, this should be easy to fill in! Most students do use
a project they have already completed in the past year or two. In that case you will write the proposal as
if it has not been done yet, and the report is the complete after-implementation report. If you have not
yet done your project, this document can help us make sure the scope is doable.
DEGREE EMPHASIS: IT-Security
ANALYSIS:
Project Topic – City Action Agency, a non-profit center which helps people who are in low income
areas, received a grant to update and upgrade their computer network.
Problem Statement or Project Purpose – City Action Agency started as a small, one-person operation.
They have since grown into a company with seven employees, with plans to hire three more by years
end. Employees work in office and from home quite often. Because of this growth, the need to update
their computer network is imperative. City Action Agency hosts underserved people and gives them
interview training and has 5 dedicated computers to use for job searching. They need to make sure
their administrative computers and servers cannot be accessed from these machines. City Action
Agency also has an un-secured Wi-Fi network that is part of the main network. They need a separate
wireless network to offer their guests, and this needs to be secured so no access to the administrative
computers and servers is allowed. They have hired Electronica Networking to audit and create the new
network.
DESIGN and DEVELOPMENT:
Project Scope
a. Goals and Objectives –
1. Inspect the current WAN link and research what improvements can be made
with the ISP. Order a second WAN link with a separate provider for
redundancy.
2. Audit the current network configuration and find the weak points of
congestion and security vulnerabilities.
3. Upgrade the network with proper equipment to make sure client and
customer data is kept confidential.
4. Prep the new network for new employees as they are hiredb. Project Outcomes and Deliverables –
1. Faster internet connectivity with main ISP, as well as a new, second
connection with a separate ISP for redundancy.
2. Build a new network that includes security appliances such as a Cisco
Integrated Services Router, firewall, VPN services, and managed switches.
City Action Agency is not concerned with other IT infrastructure like printers,
servers and work stations at this point.
3. Divide the network into separate VLANS to insure security and privacy for the
admin computers and servers.
4. Build a wireless network on a separate VLAN for customers and clients.
5. Establish an SSL Clientless VPN tunnel to new router so employees can access
files from home securely.
6. Extend the network by placing dedicated CAT6 runs to RJ45 jacks where
future employees will sit.
c. Projected Project End Date – The project should be completed within two weeks of the initial
audit. Approximately January 24, 2019. This will give Electronica Networking time to audit
the existing network, order material for the upgrade, and install and configure the new
equipment.
IMPLEMENTATION and EVALUATION:
Describe how you will approach the execution of your project – I will approach the execution of this
project in several stages:
1. Engage with external ISPs to determine the maximum amount of bandwidth at the best
price and make sure these new connections are working properly at the Minimum Point
of Entry at the building.
2. Get a comprehensive look at the existing network. Inventory equipment in use and
physically check the copper connections from the RJ45 jacks back to the IDF where the
router and switch rack is.
3. Logically diagram the new network and extensively label ALL connections.
4. Physically build the new network and extensively label ALL connections.
5. Configure new equipment and verify connectivity to all workstations and servers.
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