topic Security in the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) in General Topics https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Security-in-the-Metropolitan-Area-Network-MAN/m-p/28196#M5708 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My client would like me a propose a high level design to secure&nbsp;a new metropolitan area network connecting multiple services (police, municipal, CCTV etc.), data centres as well as 3rd party customers utilizing the&nbsp;bandwidth.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Can anyone recommend&nbsp;good research material or&nbsp;references for this type project? What are the best practice&nbsp;guidelines etc. I'm used to working on much smaller scale projects.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:57:59 GMT Iain_Wadds 2018-06-04T18:57:59Z Security in the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Security-in-the-Metropolitan-Area-Network-MAN/m-p/28196#M5708 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My client would like me a propose a high level design to secure&nbsp;a new metropolitan area network connecting multiple services (police, municipal, CCTV etc.), data centres as well as 3rd party customers utilizing the&nbsp;bandwidth.&nbsp;</P><P></P><P>Can anyone recommend&nbsp;good research material or&nbsp;references for this type project? What are the best practice&nbsp;guidelines etc. I'm used to working on much smaller scale projects.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:57:59 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Security-in-the-Metropolitan-Area-Network-MAN/m-p/28196#M5708 Iain_Wadds 2018-06-04T18:57:59Z Re: Security in the Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Security-in-the-Metropolitan-Area-Network-MAN/m-p/28197#M5709 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The difference between a small-scale environment and a much larger one is the number of interconnected nodes.</P><P>The segmentation principles don't change substantially, though the enforcement mechanisms you employ will depending on what it is you are trying to protect from what.</P><P><A href="https://www.checkpoint.com/downloads/product-related/Ebook/Software-defined%20Protection(2).pdf">Software Defined Protection</A> is the high level approach we've documented for this.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:57:15 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Security-in-the-Metropolitan-Area-Network-MAN/m-p/28197#M5709 PhoneBoy 2018-06-05T05:57:15Z