{"id":9115,"date":"2022-09-23T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T22:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/blog\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:18:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T03:18:07","slug":"building-a-secure-network-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/blog\/security\/building-a-secure-network-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Secure Network and Why it Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a secure network is something everyone needs for both personal or professional use. It prevents attackers from accessing important information and acquiring access to your system.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is a Secure Network?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a surface level, a secure network is any network that puts security measures in place to help protect your system from outside attackers. For this article we will focus on a secure network setup for a flat network.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Flat Networks<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flat networks are a type of network architecture notorious for their easy maintenance and simplicity. While simple and effective, they are not secure. When attackers break into a flat network, they can easily reach all of the systems. This level of access will allow an attacker to spread deeper in your environment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A way to mitigate and contain attackers is with VLAN segmentation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>VLAN Segmentation<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A way to set up a secure system is through virtual local area network (VLAN) segmentation. This setup breaks up your server network so only certain systems can communicate with each other. A basic setup of this typically includes the following:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Office Network\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>DMZ (Internet facing Systems)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Core Server Network\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Physical Server Network\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Admin Network\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those mentioned above are connected to the server network. However, only certain networks can talk to one another; or have one network communicate with another but the receiving network cannot talk back.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ACL Rules<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with VLAN segmentation comes access control list (ACL) rules. ACLs are a list of rules that determine what resources each user can access. Additionally, each ACL has one or more access control entities (ACE) that consist of a name of a user or group- think of a security guard that allows people to come in and out of a VIP room.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having ACLs provide simplified user identification, performance advantages, and more granular control over traffic.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why does building a secure network matter?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building a secure network prevents a user from gaining access to information. Utilizing VLAN segmentation helps contain an attacker preventing them from spreading to different networks amongst your sever.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a\u202f <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coveware.com\/blog\/q3-ransomware-marketplace-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Q3 2019 report<\/a>, the average time a ransomware incident lasts is about 12.1 days with the average ransom around $41,198- a 13.1% increase from Q2 of 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, building a secure network is the best line of defense for protecting your company and its virtual assets. Cyber-attacks will continue to grow as time moves forward and technology advances. Having a secure network not only protects, it also ensures that your company's daily operations run seamlessly saving you both time and money.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact us today if you would like to discuss how Wowrack can enhance your security.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a secure network is something everyone needs for both personal or professional use. It prevents attackers from accessing important information and acquiring access to your system.\u00a0 What is a Secure Network?\u00a0 On a surface level, a secure network is any network that puts security measures in place to help protect your system from outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[1078,1179,1163,1083],"class_list":["post-9115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-cybersecurity","tag-secure-network","tag-security","tag-wowrack","post-wrapper"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wowrack.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}