Double the Network can be more Secure than One

Paul Kocher, founder and president of Cryptography Research, and Tory Kallman, director of information technology, in front of Kocher's collection of antique encryption devices.

(Picture Credit: James Martin from CNET)

A company by the name of Cryptography Research has notice an increase within their network productivity by separating their traffic onto separate networks. Network A is dedicated to the sensitive data and core engineering work, all the inside networking jobs without being connected to the internet. Network B is dedicated to the email, Web surfing, and other Internet activities.

This may sound like the more logical thing to do to reduce the network traffic within the business, but it also allows a secure way of protecting their clients sensitive data. Paul Kocher said to the CNET reporters, "We built the networks out at least 10 years ago as soon as we started getting really sensitive client data. We had to decide whether to secure the infrastructure that was connected to the outside, or to build a parallel system. We have been repeatedly thankful we did what we did and have never looked back." By doing a parallel setup on their network they saved time, money, and gave their company a more secure structure within their security.

To subnet your network within your company to allow each project to be on a separate line, why not subnet more than 2 for a company to allow an even tighter security. Sometimes doing this separate network is a good thing, but it is more to manage and more time (Hours) will need to be placed for workers to monitor each network. So in a way, it can lead to a bigger expense than what the company wants to get into. Keep in mind, to separate the network, you would need to establish more hardware material meaning more network cable, routers, access points, switches, and much more hardware. Also not everyone would need Network A if they are not a part of the core engineer project. The more people that are attached to the Network the greater the risk for holes to be established within your security. Groups of people can be disconnected within the network to reduce the network attacks within your system.

So what do you think, leave a comment to establish a GO or a NO for multiple network. Also leave your opinion on why you choose GO or NO. For more information related to the Cryptography Research click on this link. GO TO CNET.

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