Geo-Probe Inc. (GPI) 20 years in business, a company with constant growth and success. GPI provides construction management, engineering design, programming and environmental planning, and other A-E projects in support of a, industry, different government and commercial clients. GPI has 300 employees and ten branch office locations. GPI has many computers and network device attach to their network like any other business.
Here is GPI Current network topology.
Computer networked devices and peripheral is most overlooked and common security threat to corporate assets. (Darb, 2010). Multifunction copiers and digital devices are very intelligent machines complete with their OS, hard drives, and supportive subsystems (Darb, 2010). Every time you scan, copy or faxed something the image is stay behind on the system device. When employees scan a file documents to a server or any other source from a multifunction copiers may also not knowingly sending files across the network unprotected (Posey, 2008). The data is at risk as much as getting hacked from outside. Geo-Probe Inc. purchases innovative multifunction devices because they can consolidate multiple copiers into a single device (Posey, 2008). Also, these multifunction devices deliver cost saving in printing services, and maintenance. However, these devices poses security threat and fall in the radar screen of IT department security strategies (Posey, 2008).
From a network standpoint GPI must realize that these devices is not different than other computer or network nodes, and if these device is not properly handled it can be vulnerable and open access for outside attackers (Posey, 2008). GPI is the fast growing company with hundreds of computer connected to a network. The company network continues to grow, and business applications continue to increase (Posey, 2008).
