Information Security Dashboard Senior Design Spring 2008 Brian

Information Security Dashboard Senior Design Spring 2008 Brian Rappach

• • Introduction Solution Description Design Protocols Testing Deliverables Functionality Questions

Introduction • Information security needs reliable timely information to protect systems. • Having an enterprise wide view assists with decision making. • Intrusion prevention systems (IPS) provide traffic monitoring and routing.

Solution description • • Internal dashboard Gathers information via C# console app Holds information in SQL database Displays information in SQL reporting adhoc reports • Reports contained in Share. Point Web Parts

Design Protocols • • • Map IPS network Create c# console application Create and modify SQL database Modify Share. Point Web page Create SQL reports

Testing • Development – Development of script, database, and webpage – Run manually • Certification – Run automatically – Check logs • Production – Run automatically – Check logs

Deliverables • • C# console application SQL database Database diagram SQL Report Manager reports Share. Point Web page Visio IPS map Data flow diagram

Solution functionality

Conclusion • Information security needs enterprise wide, reliable, dynamic information to protect systems. • Information security dashboard will provide this data that is updated without administrator intervention. • The dashboard is modular and scaleable.

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