Information Security: Mcbride Financial Services
Information Security and Data Access Paper
Kirk Samuda
Master Degree in Information Security Technology (MSIT)
CMGT/545
July 20, 2009
Professor Juan Van Hiffen
McBride Financial Services is concerned about the cost, security and the approach to be used in both sharing and accessing data by customers, employees, contractors and business partners via the internet or intranet. There is an obvious need for the company to allow all types of users the ability to interact virtually with the company, while maintaining a high level of data security. As such, in its effort to control and share data access, the company is carefully considering using an organizational website to provide information to customers, acquire contact information, …show more content…
On the other hand, is giving customers easy access to the domain name, that web address that directs users to a specific location on a web server that allows users full access to the information and facilities shared by the company. A non simplistic analysis of what is required, will demonstrate the procedures and processes involved in installing, then configuring a web server in a network. McBride Financial must consider just how critical the intranet will be for its daily operations, and appropriate it. This is a logical approach as it establishes the purpose of an intranet, its use, and the systematic fact that the more the intranet is used for core business processes the more redundancy needs to be created within the system; which equates to higher …show more content…
Outsourcing the hosting of the website for internet access is by far more economical than assuming the cost to purchase and maintain a web server for internet access. McBride Financial concerns must realize and accept that intranet services extended to employees, contractors, and business partners will require in most instances applications, databases, and web page content loaded on a web server. The concern associated with employees reliance on the intranet for Web based business applications, is best rectified by using a backup server or even a networked server cluster that share responsibilities. In those cases, it's also smart to host databases on separate machines so that if one server goes down, the rest can still access the databases For employees to access the intranet, their computers need to be connected to the organization's local area network (LAN). These computers also need to have Web browser software like Internet Explorer, Firefox or
Kirk Samuda
Master Degree in Information Security Technology (MSIT)
CMGT/545
July 20, 2009
Professor Juan Van Hiffen
McBride Financial Services is concerned about the cost, security and the approach to be used in both sharing and accessing data by customers, employees, contractors and business partners via the internet or intranet. There is an obvious need for the company to allow all types of users the ability to interact virtually with the company, while maintaining a high level of data security. As such, in its effort to control and share data access, the company is carefully considering using an organizational website to provide information to customers, acquire contact information, …show more content…
On the other hand, is giving customers easy access to the domain name, that web address that directs users to a specific location on a web server that allows users full access to the information and facilities shared by the company. A non simplistic analysis of what is required, will demonstrate the procedures and processes involved in installing, then configuring a web server in a network. McBride Financial must consider just how critical the intranet will be for its daily operations, and appropriate it. This is a logical approach as it establishes the purpose of an intranet, its use, and the systematic fact that the more the intranet is used for core business processes the more redundancy needs to be created within the system; which equates to higher …show more content…
Outsourcing the hosting of the website for internet access is by far more economical than assuming the cost to purchase and maintain a web server for internet access. McBride Financial concerns must realize and accept that intranet services extended to employees, contractors, and business partners will require in most instances applications, databases, and web page content loaded on a web server. The concern associated with employees reliance on the intranet for Web based business applications, is best rectified by using a backup server or even a networked server cluster that share responsibilities. In those cases, it's also smart to host databases on separate machines so that if one server goes down, the rest can still access the databases For employees to access the intranet, their computers need to be connected to the organization's local area network (LAN). These computers also need to have Web browser software like Internet Explorer, Firefox or