Security Improvement Report 2012

DIAB INC.

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Security Improvements Report 2012

IT Infrastructure Department Yearly Security Analysis

Germaine Henderson

Contents

Company Background 4

Problem Statement 4

Potential Solutions 4

Email Encryption 5

ISO document database encryption 6

Domino Web Application security and encryption 7

VPN access for employees 8

Summary 9

Company Background

DIAB has been at the leading edge of composite core material development for over fifty years. In particular it has pioneered the use of the sandwich concept to make structures that are significantly lighter and stronger than those made from steel, aluminum and wood. The company has also been very much the technology leader in its field. DIAB was instrumental in introducing core kits to enable its customers to speed their fabrication processes, improve quality, reduce inventory levels and cut waste. It has also been in the vanguard of new environment-friendly processing developments such as DIAB Core Infusion Technology.

Today, DIAB is one of world’s largest manufacturers of structural core materials supplying a wide range of markets including marine, wind energy, transportation, aerospace and industry. DIAB has manufacturing facilities on four continents and three research and development centers.

Problem Statement

As the demand for composite core materials has increased globally, DIAB management realizes the need to maintain it competitive advantage by securing its industry leading core products and future plans from market competitors. In the past 5 years, DIAB has experienced a few security incidents that compromised both data integrity and also core production.

Potential Solutions

This past summer, a full analysis of the of all security incidents were performed. During this analysis, we were able to indentify five distinct areas where security deficiencies where identified. It is recommended that these areas are immediately addressed to reduce associated risks that are...