WGU D482|DHN1 TASK 1 : NETWORK MERGER AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2025
, Company A is a global company based in the United States that operates in the financial industry. Company A serves
its customers with financial products, such as checking accounts, bank cards, and investment products. Company A
has recently acquired Company B and needs to integrate with or remove similar capabilities and tools from Company
B. Company B is smaller in size, has no dedicated cybersecurity professional role, and utilizes third-party support for
infrastructure needs. Company B offers specialized software to medical providers and accepts credit cards as a
payment option.
The executives of the newly merged company have expressed interest in integrating the use of the cloud to allow for
scalability and redundancy. As the security professional of the merged networks, you are tasked with creating a
secure network design that includes the use of zero trust principles and that utilizes both onpremises and cloud
infrastructure. You also have been tasked with ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements of the merged
company, along with utilizing cloud-based technologies to provide security capabilities. Company executives have
provided a budget of $50,000 in the first year to create a secure network design to utilize cloud-based services.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used
as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will
be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The
rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless
specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as
attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Describe two current network security problems and two current infrastructure problems for each
company, based on business requirements given in the scenario.
B. Analyze the given network diagram and vulnerability scan for both companies by doing the following:
1. Describe two existing vulnerabilities for each company.
2. Explain the impact, risk, and likelihood associated with each described vulnerability from part B1 as it
relates to each company.
C. Create a network topology diagram with details of the proposed merged network requirements.
D. Identify the layer for all components in the topology diagram referencing the layers of the OSI model and
TCP/IP protocol stack.
E. Explain the rationale for adding, deleting, or repurposing network components in the newly mergednetwork
topology diagram, including details of how each component addresses budgetary constraints. F. Explain
two secure network design principles that are used in the proposed network topology diagram.
, G. Explain how the proposed merged network topology diagram addresses two regulatory compliance
requirements that are relevant to the newly merged company, including the following in your explanation:
• the name of the regulatory compliance requirement
• why the regulatory requirement is relevant to the newly merged company
• how the proposed merged network topology diagram meets the regulatory requirement
H. Describe two emerging threats that are applicable to the merged organization, including the following in
the description:
• potential network security risks of implementing the topology
• potential performance impacts on the merged network after implementation of the proposed design
• how to manage the identified potential security risks
I. Summarize your recommendations for implementation of this proposed merged network based on
thescenario and budgetary requirements, including the following in the summary:
• a cost-benefit analysis for on-premises and cloud infrastructure solutions
• a justification for your recommendations to implement the proposed secure merged network design
J. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, orsummarized.
K. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! - _ . * ' ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, csv, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf,
mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
RUBRIC
A:BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING COMPETENT
A description of the current net- COMPETENCE The submission accurately de-
work security problems and in- The submission describes one or scribes 2 or more current netfrastructure
problems for each more current network security work security problems and at 2 company is not provided.
problems and one or more cur- or more current infrastructure rent infrastructure problems for problems for
each company and each company, but the descrip- is aligned with the business retion is not in alignment with the
quirements given in the scenario.
given scenario or contains inaccuracies.
, Company A is a global company based in the United States that operates in the financial industry. Company A serves
its customers with financial products, such as checking accounts, bank cards, and investment products. Company A
has recently acquired Company B and needs to integrate with or remove similar capabilities and tools from Company
B. Company B is smaller in size, has no dedicated cybersecurity professional role, and utilizes third-party support for
infrastructure needs. Company B offers specialized software to medical providers and accepts credit cards as a
payment option.
The executives of the newly merged company have expressed interest in integrating the use of the cloud to allow for
scalability and redundancy. As the security professional of the merged networks, you are tasked with creating a
secure network design that includes the use of zero trust principles and that utilizes both onpremises and cloud
infrastructure. You also have been tasked with ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements of the merged
company, along with utilizing cloud-based technologies to provide security capabilities. Company executives have
provided a budget of $50,000 in the first year to create a secure network design to utilize cloud-based services.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used
as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will
be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The
rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless
specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as
attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Describe two current network security problems and two current infrastructure problems for each
company, based on business requirements given in the scenario.
B. Analyze the given network diagram and vulnerability scan for both companies by doing the following:
1. Describe two existing vulnerabilities for each company.
2. Explain the impact, risk, and likelihood associated with each described vulnerability from part B1 as it
relates to each company.
C. Create a network topology diagram with details of the proposed merged network requirements.
D. Identify the layer for all components in the topology diagram referencing the layers of the OSI model and
TCP/IP protocol stack.
E. Explain the rationale for adding, deleting, or repurposing network components in the newly mergednetwork
topology diagram, including details of how each component addresses budgetary constraints. F. Explain
two secure network design principles that are used in the proposed network topology diagram.
, G. Explain how the proposed merged network topology diagram addresses two regulatory compliance
requirements that are relevant to the newly merged company, including the following in your explanation:
• the name of the regulatory compliance requirement
• why the regulatory requirement is relevant to the newly merged company
• how the proposed merged network topology diagram meets the regulatory requirement
H. Describe two emerging threats that are applicable to the merged organization, including the following in
the description:
• potential network security risks of implementing the topology
• potential performance impacts on the merged network after implementation of the proposed design
• how to manage the identified potential security risks
I. Summarize your recommendations for implementation of this proposed merged network based on
thescenario and budgetary requirements, including the following in the summary:
• a cost-benefit analysis for on-premises and cloud infrastructure solutions
• a justification for your recommendations to implement the proposed secure merged network design
J. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted,
paraphrased, orsummarized.
K. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! - _ . * ' ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, csv, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf,
mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z
RUBRIC
A:BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING COMPETENT
A description of the current net- COMPETENCE The submission accurately de-
work security problems and in- The submission describes one or scribes 2 or more current netfrastructure
problems for each more current network security work security problems and at 2 company is not provided.
problems and one or more cur- or more current infrastructure rent infrastructure problems for problems for
each company and each company, but the descrip- is aligned with the business retion is not in alignment with the
quirements given in the scenario.
given scenario or contains inaccuracies.
