Propuesta de un sistema de seguridad perimetral mediante la protección firewall de próxima generación NGFW aplicable para pequeñas y medianas empresas del cantón Riobamba.

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to propose a perimeter security system with a next-generation firewall NGFW for SMEs of the canton Riobamba. The safety of the Information has been a fundamental issue for the business sector, which goes hand in hand with the security perimeter. The evolution of technology implies vulnerability problems that threaten the security, availability, and integrity of information in business networks. The design of the research is a QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL design since it is experimented with a scenario of T-tests, with NGFW next-generation firewall equipment. It also refers to experimental design research in which the attacks are not randomly assigned. Network security is a critical activity for many companies and may even be the activity that defines the business. Therefore, a balance must be maintained between security and access to information. If the network is very restrictive, it will harm the operations of the company and if it is very permissive it is going to jeopardize the most important asset that a company has, which is the information. The high management and head of information technology (IT) are in charge of implementing information security, which is why a proposal for a security system was proposed a perimeter firewall NGFW for SMEs, that allows securing the business network against attacks and significantly reduce security gaps. This solution needs to be economical and with an easy administration for the person in charge of information technology (IT). Analyzing the results of the proposal for a perimeter security system with a next-generation firewall NGFW it is concluded that it considerably improves the security in SMEs.