INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

GAIRIGAUN, TINKUNE, KATHMANDU

NEPAL

BTEC HND in Computing

Unit 17: Network Security Unit Code: L/615/1646

Year: 2020 Assessment No: 01 Due

Assignment Launch Date: 12 March 2020 Date: 12 May 2020

Assignment Title: NIC Asia Bank Network System

Teacher Name: Suman Koirala Iv’s Name :

Student Name: Pearson Reg No: Final Grade:

Assignment submission format

Each student has to submit their assignment as guided in the assignment brief. The students are guided
what sort of information is to produce to meet the criteria targeted. Some tasks might require group
work, but the student has to produce individual assignment.

Scenario I

NIC ASIA Bank has its antecedents in NIC Bank which was established on 21st July 1998. The Bank
was rechristened as NIC ASIA Bank after the merger of NIC Bank with Bank of Asia Nepal on 30th
June 2013. This was a historic merger in the annals of Nepalese financial landscape as the first of its
kind merger between two successful commercial banks in the country. Today, NIC ASIA has established
itself as one of the most successful commercial banks in Nepal. NIC ASIA Bank is now, one of the
largest private sector commercial banks in the country in terms of capital base, balance-sheet size,
number of branches, ATM network and customer base. The Bank has 270 branches, 37 extension

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counters, 22 branch less banking and 289 ATMs across Nepal with a network covering all major
financial centers of the country.

Recently bank has decided to open a provincial headquarter for control and management of operation
and services in each province of Nepal. And you have been appointed as a Network Engineer in
Provincial Headquarter of Karnali Province. You have been given the responsibility of collecting and
eliciting requirements, planning, designing and implementing fully operational and functional secured
network along with test plans. You need to document the test plans, testing procedure, tested results
along with expected results and actual outcome and provide fruitful recommendations for further
enhancement and bolstering of network security and finally present it in the form of report to the CEO of
your company.

Part 1

LO1 Examine Network Security principles, protocols and standards.

LO2 Design a secure network for a corporate environment.

Task A
Prepare a report covering the following topics:

1. Conduct a detailed analysis of Network Security principles and aspects covering devices needed
to implement a secured network.

2. Discussions of possible Network Security protocols and associated technologies that will enable a
secure network for the regional headquarter of State 5.

Task B
Design and implement a network prototype using a network simulator (or lab devices), which
incorporates high levels of Network Security features with the following requirements:
- Firewall configurations.
- Switches configurations.
- Routers configurations.
- Devices configurations.
- IP addressing.
- Subnetting, etc.
You also need to provide the following written material as a formal report:
1. A rationale about the selection of the networking devices for the prototype.
2. A detailed explanation of how the security protocols will work with IPv4 and IPv6.

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Part 2

LO3 Configure Network Security measures for the corporate environment.

LO4 Undertake the testing of a networking using the test plan.

Task A

Configure Network Security measures for the corporate environment.

1. Discuss about various cryptographic types of Network Security and configure network security
for the given scenario selecting suitable appliances and encryption mechanism.
2. Provide a manual for the implemented network security along with scripts/files/screenshots with
comments.
3. Discuss what do you mean by Quality of Service in relation to Network Security Configuration
and its need in efficient network planning and implementation.

Task B Implement test and diagnose networked systems

1. Produce a test plan to evaluate this design for security testing of the network.
2. Provide documentation (scripts/files/screenshots) of the testing of the network after
comprehensively testing the network according to the devised test plan.
3. Discuss the significance of upgrades and security requirements in your recommendations.
4. Critically analyses the implemented network according to the test plan considering the planning,
designing, and implementation and testing procedures.

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Examine Network Security principles, protocols and standards
P1 Discuss the different types of M1 Compare and contrast at least
Network Security devices.. two major Network LO1 & 2 D1 Discuss, using

P2 Examine Network Security Security protocols. examples, the importance of

protocols. Network Security.

LO2 Design a secure network for a corporate environment

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P3 Investigate the purpose and M2 Create a design of a secure
network according to a given
requirements of a secure network
scenario.
according to a given scenario.
P4 Determine which network
hardware and software to use in
this network.

LO3 Examine Network Security principles, protocols and standards.

P5 Configure Network Security M3 Provide Network Security D2 Discuss what is meant by
configuration scripts / files Quality of Service (QoS) in
for your network.
/screenshots with comments. relation to Network Security
P6 Discuss different configuration.
cryptographic types of Network
Security.

LO4 Design a secure network for a corporate environment

P7 Create a Test Plan for your M4 Provide scripts /files / D3 Critically evaluate the design,
screenshots of the testing of your planning, configuration and
network.
network. testing of your network.
P8 Comprehensively test your
network using the devised Test M5 Make some improvement
Plan. recommendations.

Mention all the grades awarded in this assignments:

Note: Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further
guidance and support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global. Link to
www.highernationals.com

Other Recommendations:

✓ It should be the student’s own work – plagiarism is unacceptable.

✓ Clarity of expression and structure are important features.
✓ Your work should be submitted as a well presented, word-processed document with headers and
footers, and headings and subheadings, both in hard and soft copies.

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 ✓ You are expected to undertake research on this subject using books from the Library, and
resources available on the Internet.
✓ Any sources of information should be listed as references at the end of your document and these
sources should be referenced within the text of your document using APA referencing style
✓ Your report should be illustrated with screen-prints, images, tables, charts and/or graphics.
✓ All assignments must be typed in Times New Roman, size 12, 1½ spacing.

I declare that all the work submitted for this assignment is my own work or, in the case of group work,
the work of myself and the other members of the group in which I worked, and that no part of it has been
copied from any source. I understand that if any part of the work submitted for this assignment is found
to be plagiarized, none of the work submitted will be allowed to count towards the assessment of the
assignment.

Assignment Prepared By: Signature: Date: 9 March 2020

Suman Koirala

Brief Checked By: Signature: Date: 11 March 2020

Dhruba Babu Joshi

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