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NETWORK AUDIT SERVICES
A Network Audit provides complete visibility into your network, allowing you to make informed decisions for improving network performance and security.

As part of the Network Audit, a Cierra Business Solutions Network Consultant captures and evaluates data, in combination with trace file information, to develop an integrated assessment of your network’s operating condition, so that you can make decisions for improving performance, troubleshooting, and empirical testing of network applications and infrastructure.

As your networking technology requirements evolve, this analysis will serve as a point of reference for capacity planning, as well as problem isolation.

Tasks Performed

Requirements Gathering

Data collection of network traffic on specified segments using Best-of-Class tools.
     Cierra Business Solutions’ Assessment and Analysis:
Errors and anomaly detection
Top talkers and conversing pairs
Protocols observed and distribution
Applications used
Response times/timeouts and retransmission errors
Broadcast and multicast levels
Discuss possible upcoming network changes
Identify any problems and/or areas of concern
Articulate the strategy for the remainder of the engagement
Review strategies for collecting network performance data, and discuss designs for Sniffer      placement

Deliverables presented by Cierra Business Solutions:

Executive Overview
Scope of work and description of network environment
Specific areas in which network performance or network design can be improved
Practical recommendations and insights into network operations
Technical Summary
Observations and recommendations organized by OSI layer (focus on Physical, Network and      Application layers)
Detailed Network Analysis and Monitoring Results
Detailed distribution of Network and Application protocols and complete Complete description of      anomalous behaviors observed
Specific information about network devices engaging in these behaviors where possible
Graphical summary and trend reports displaying Host, Matrix, Protocol Distribution, and Global      Statistics information for the monitored segments




 






 
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