Hello all.
I need to prepare some kind of plan or steps in order to make a network more secure.
Heres the setup: WinServer 2003 and about 20 stations connected through lan as a DNS network. Our internet service is DHCP with an ADSL modem/router but the network is Static. He have a main 16 port switch and a few 4 port switches that branch off the main switch. There are 2 network printers in this network as well.
The stations are setup through our static domain and every station has the limited user profile and the administrator profile. There are network drives connected to each station, about an average of 6 drives.
Our server is not connected to the internet. It is a standalone static networked server, but has access to the internet.
Internet comes to the router/modem > main 16 port switch > one line branches off to the server and the other lines branch off to the stations.
Now the question is how can I make our network more secure? make it harder for people trying to guess user id's and passwords? make it harder for people on internet to hack into the network? a possible double log in feature?
BTW our only firewall is Windows Firewall, we don't really need hardware as we are not connected with the net.
Any and all suggestions will be extremely appreciated. Thanks.
I need to prepare some kind of plan or steps in order to make a network more secure.
Heres the setup: WinServer 2003 and about 20 stations connected through lan as a DNS network. Our internet service is DHCP with an ADSL modem/router but the network is Static. He have a main 16 port switch and a few 4 port switches that branch off the main switch. There are 2 network printers in this network as well.
The stations are setup through our static domain and every station has the limited user profile and the administrator profile. There are network drives connected to each station, about an average of 6 drives.
Our server is not connected to the internet. It is a standalone static networked server, but has access to the internet.
Internet comes to the router/modem > main 16 port switch > one line branches off to the server and the other lines branch off to the stations.
Now the question is how can I make our network more secure? make it harder for people trying to guess user id's and passwords? make it harder for people on internet to hack into the network? a possible double log in feature?
BTW our only firewall is Windows Firewall, we don't really need hardware as we are not connected with the net.
Any and all suggestions will be extremely appreciated. Thanks.