Diseño de frontera de red en software libre para la empresa Absorpelsa bajo la metodología y arquitectura de seguridad Cisco Safe.

Abstract

The IT security landscape has been constantly developing since the middle of the 20th century, due in large part to the rapid advances in computer networks and the Internet. The increase in computing capacity, digitization, and telecommunications while the cost and energy consumption of devices decreased, triggered the emergence of modern technologies, and introduced concepts in the business field of information and operational technologies. Today, it is inevitable to live without these advances, and in one way or another, personal and business information is part of these systems, which presents a continuous challenge in the corresponding science of cybersecurity and network design. The present project adopts as reference the design of a frontier network in free software based on the architecture and method of Cisco SAFE development, composed of six chapters, where the final product was obtained as the simulation of a converged network that meets the requirements of security, scalability, high availability and QoS. The company Absorpelsa S.A. is dedicated to manufacturing and selling absorbent papers for personal use and cleaning, gray cardboard, cardboard (test liner and liner Pad), and natural laminates. The purpose of the border network design is to contribute, optimize and enhance the physical and logical infrastructure, using PfSense open-source firewall software, to ensure the security of information from the configuration of NGFW policies. Complementary methodologies PPDIOO & Top-Down were applied to design the network prototype that supplied a systematic process for each of the modules in which the company’s network was distributed. Finally, the border topology was simulated in specialized programs where the results were verified, optimized, and documented, incorporating the implementation of structured cabling and IP telephony (VoIP) projects; finally, the economic feasibility of this technical project is evaluated.