Implementing Security in a Campus Network Using Free and Open Source Solutions

Abstract

Network security is a very important concern that higher education institutions' administrators should carefully implement and supervise. There are lots technologies, innovations, current trends and other advancements that pose a great benefit but also equally constitutes emerging threats such as the implementations of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) where regulations are still unclear. As part of the concept on the network security implementation, the CIA triad was tackled which concerns about confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information. The conduct of this study used a literature review about network underlying threats. After identifying the underlying network threats, a thorough discussion on the available preventive measures that combat network security threats were carried out. After which, the free and open source technologies were included. The study concludes that with a very wide array of network threats, there are available free and open source solutions for network security threats and it is recommended to have these all enabled to prevent network-related damages.