Introduction

We have been hired to deploy a wireless network for Citizens First National Bank. We are going to design, test and deploy this network. Banks have been slow to adapt this technology because if the high security standards they must follow. Since security has been improved and the benefits are so great more and more companies are starting to deploy wireless networks. It the next couple pages I will go through the scope of the project along with the goals and requirements. There are some initial testing that we have to get down and setup so auditors will be able to test before we can deploy to all branches. By using auditors it helps protect the bank with a paper trail incase an incident ever happened. This would show that we have followed all requirements and made every possible attempt to protect our customers and employees. We will have 60 days to setup and test before we have to purchase equipment. This should provide plenty of time to get a location up and running and have their auditors in to do testing. After initial testing we will then put a plan in place to bring all branches online one at a time while sticking to the budget.

Scope and Goals

Scope

The major driving force of this project is to add a wireless infrastructure to the entire bank that would allow seamless use between all branches, while maintaining the high security standards that the FCC requires to help protect the customers and employees of the bank. The details of the scope are highlighted below along with some of the out of scope changes that are happening while the project is going on.

In Scope:
• Add wireless capabilities to all 23 locations of the bank.
• Preform a wireless site survey of each location to determine the amount of access points need at each location.
• Determination of the type of security that will be deployed through out the wireless setup.
• What type of accounts, (SSID) will be used.
• Setup and determination of VLAN that will be used for the wireless network.
• Capabilities of using wireless voice through out bank.
• How will we tie current network with wireless network.
• How we can use this for our Disaster and Recovery Procedures.
• Proper training for tech department to monitor network for breaches and rogue access point or users.
• Cost estimates for the project.

Out of Scope
• The moving of Mortgage from Spring Valley to Peru
• Cost of landscaping and tree removal for better signal strength between buildings.

Project Goals Implementing a wireless network to the bank will provide many benefits. The goals of the network are to add three wireless networks. The first being for internal employees to the bank, they will have access to the whole network. They have to have access to everything. The second network will be for the auditors that visit the bank. They auditors need access to the Internet and limited access to the network. They have limited access to the network so we need to make sure they are on the outside looking in so to speak. The third network we will be implementing is a guest network. This network is strictly for Internet use. Visitors that need access to the Internet will use network and no way possible will have access to the network. The following goals will be accomplished with the three networks outlined above:

• Greater mobility of loan officers traveling between locations with laptops.
• Easier setup of outside vendors that need Internet connections.
• Easier setup for auditors visiting the bank.
• Better access for the tech department no matter which branch they are at.
• Better options for Disaster and Recovery procedures.
• Better training options
• Easier setup and moving of employee workstations.

Design Requirements
The purpose of adding wireless networking to Citizens First National Bank must meet the following requirements. First users must be able to travel to all the branches and have access to all the SSID’s. While users are also at the location they must be able to travel to all areas of that location and have coverage no matter what room they are in. They must use the latest security standards depending on which network they are connected to. Since they do not currently have any wireless setup we are not limited to what we can recommend and deploy. Since they are a Cisco shop they we will recommend Cisco access points and controllers. We have a 2-month test window and with approval have a additional 3 month deployment starting with main branch then working our way out. The budget is set at 3 million for all equipment with additional funding not available till next years budget.