"The holiday season is the best time to take a look at what's going on your network," says Bret Moeller, CIO at Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown, Mass.

Moeller says while it's good to be vigilant all year, the lightening of the enterprise load lets you focus in on core network issues.

Here are some tips for what should be on your holiday to-do list.

1. Install comprehensive monitoring tools

"You should always know about a problem before your users," Moeller says. The only way to accomplish this goal is to have monitoring programs attached to your mission-critical applications and infrastructure.