TABLE OF CONTENTS A Quick Answer Key follows the Self Test questions. For complete questions, answers, and explanations to the Self Test questions in this chapter as well as the other chapters in this book, see the Self Test Appendix.
| 1. | You have been asked to design an access control strategy for your firm and it must be done as soon as possible. The company currently has about 85 employees, each of whom has a desktop or laptop computer. There are four servers functioning in various roles. The departments are Finance, Administration, Customer Service, Trucking, Warehouse Operations, Purchasing, and IT. Your company plans to expand operations in the next one to two years, adding about 28 new employees in that period of time. There is fairly high turnover in the Trucking and Purchasing departments. Seasonal help comes in during the holidays to assist with warehouse operations, and some seasonal staff have computer access. There are a number of staff that change from one department to another based on external business drivers and internal staffing skills. There have never been any attacks on the network and most users have fairly basic computer skills. All systems are Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 native mode, and Windows XP. Most users have the ability to use e-mail, word processing, and spreadsheet programs. About 10 employees, including those in the IT department, have advanced skills, and the IT department is comprised of five people, three of whom... |
