Continuing from NAT/PAT! My next review will be on the Mitigation from the common threats to hardware, specifically Router and Switches!| Threat Mitigation | Methods of Mitigation |
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| Physical/Hardware | Limit Physical Damage to equipment by:
- Locking up access to equipment. (Doors, Locking Chasis, etc.)
- Windowless room if appropriate.
- Security Camera to observe premises .
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| Environmental | Limit Damage to equipment by Environment through the following procedures:
- Temperature Control - Hardware performs best at low temperature. Cool environment also prevents overheating of any equipment that might result in the failure of service.
- Humidity Control - A very humid room can cause equipments to mulfunction due to the oxidation of certain parts, causing rusting to the degree of causing extensive damage to equipment
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| Electrical | Limit Electrical supply problem by:
- Installing Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems
- Devising and following preventative maintenance plan
- Installing redundant power supply - Redundant power supplies work as the last fail safe of the whole Electical supply problem, whereby it will kick in when the emergency power supply goes down, together with the main.
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| Maintainence | Limit maintainence-related threats by:
- Organizing and laying neat cables
- Label all cables and components - Prevents the incidental removal or disconnection of cables critical to a currently working system during maintanence, causing downtime to service.
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After listing all this mitigation methods, it still bears down the team to implement the mitigation methods properly. After all, most of this threats are due to human errors!
From your post I can clearly see the different types of threats that are faced by the routers and switches. Although your post states the ways to mitigate the threat such as Installing Ian uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems to counter electrical supply problems. I cannot find a proper explanation of what these problems actually meant or which of my problems falls into which category. Perhaps saying that physical refers to the wires of the equipment and etc and environmental will greatly help, otherwise it is overall a great post which separates the info into a table to avoid having a wall of text problem.
ReplyDeleteI could say that i agree with the comment stated by Joel Hong. You were great in explaining how to solve the problems of al the categories you wrote in your post, but maybe you should talk a little more about what physical/hardware, environmental, etc.. , is about. For example that environmental threats include electrostatic, moisture, very low or high temperatures and so on and so forth, so we would know what kind of situation we are in. :D But, all in all, everything is great and clear cut! :D
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ReplyDeleteGreat Table, able to explain how to solve all this threats. It would be better if you could explain what this particular threat is about first, then the solution to solve it. Example: unauthorised personnel entering the server room, therefore by having security cameras to monitor and limit the access to people through using doors and locks. But overall, neat and tidy post as there is no chunk of text and the information or organised neatly!
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Well organized post. At my first look at the table, it is easy to differentiate between the different threats that are faced by the routers and switches. However, this post would be more useful if solutions for each threats would be stated. This will also brings more understanding to the post, how all the treats could be evaded and solved.
ReplyDeleteWOW GREAT TABLE! You've done it again. Been a avid fan of your blog for so many years, I'm glad to know that you're continuing to share with us more knowledge that you have, hope that you would be able to continue providing such an organized post. Your table clearly shows the problem and the solutions, CLEAR! CONCISE! You've done it all. Being your fan, I'm very proud of you! Please, do not stop updating your blog. But of course, you need to fill in more details in your table, as it seems to be slightly lacking in terms of details and content, hope you can improve on this aspect on the next post onwards! Continue working hard!
ReplyDeletewell done what a great table, i have learn alot about common threats to router especially electrical threats reduction "Limit Electrical supply problem by:
ReplyDeleteInstalling Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems
Devising and following preventative maintenance plan
Installing redundant power supply - Redundant power supplies work as the last fail safe of the whole Electical supply problem, whereby it will kick in when the emergency power supply goes down, together with the main."