Capstone Project Cover Sheet

Capstone Project Title: ABC Inc. Firewall upgrade Report

Student Name: Michael Wakefield

Degree Program: BS- IT Security

Mentor Name: Dave Huff

Signature Block Student’s Signature

Mentor’s Signature

Table of Contents

Capstone Summary 3
Review of Other Work 13
Rationale and Systems Analysis 19
Goals and Objectives 25
Project Deliverables 28
Project Plan and Timelines 30
Project Development…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….31
Additional Deliverables………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….35
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….35
References 37
Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 38
Appendix 2: Cisco ASA 5555-X Firewall Specifications…………………………………………………………….40
Appendix 3: ABC Inc. Project Schedule…………………………………………………………………………………….44
Appendix 4: High-Availability Design Screenshots……………………………………………………………………45
Appendix 5: Screenshots of inside to outside access; outside to DMZ access; NAT rules and configurations; and performance graphs and performance results….........................................51

Capstone Report Summary

Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following:
In February 2013, Cisco released a study predicting that $14.4 trillion of value (net profit) will be at stake globally over the next decade, driven by connecting the unconnected –people-to-people (P2P), machine-to-people (M2P), and machine-to-machine (M2M) - via the Internet of Everything (IoE).
Cisco defines the Internet of Everything as the networked connection of people, process, data,