Describe IT security solutions.

Unit 05 Security - BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing 

Learning Outcome 1: Assess risks to IT security.
Learning Outcome 2: Describe IT security solutions.
Learning Outcome 3: Review mechanisms to control organisational IT security.
Learning Outcome 4: Manage organisational security.

EMC Cloud Solutions

EMC Cloud Solutions is reputed as the nation`s most reliable Cloud solution provider in Sri Lanka. A number of high profile businesses in Sri Lanka including Esoft Metro Camps network, SME Bank Sri Lanka and WEEFM are facilitated by EMC Cloud Solutions. EMC Cloud provides nearly 500 of its customers with SaaS, PaaS & IaaS solutions with high capacity compute and storage options. Also EMC is a selected contractor for Sri Lanka, The Ministry of Defense for hosting government and defense systems.

EMC`s central data center facility is located at Colombo Sri Lanka along with its corporate head-office in Bambalapitiya. Their premises at Bambalapitiya is a six story building with the 1st floor dedicated to sales and customer services equipped with public wifi facility. Second-floor hosts HR, Finance and Training & Development departments and the third-floor hosts boardroom and offices for senior executives along with the IT and Data center department. Floor 4,5,6 hosts computer servers which make up the data center.

With the rapid growth of information technology in Kandy area in recent years, EMC seeks opportunity to extend its services to Kandy, Sri Lanka. As of yet, the organization still considers the nature of such extension with what to implement, where is the suitable location and other essential options such as security are actually being discussed.

You are hired by the management of EMC Solutions as a Security Expert to evaluate the security-related specifics of its present system and provide recommendations on security and reliability related improvements of its present system as well as to plan the establishment of the extension on a solid security foundation.