IT Infrastructure Security: Recommendations and Upgrades Report

This report focuses on the current IT infrastructure and its security, providing recommendations for improvements and upgrades. It examines the existing infrastructure, identifies vulnerabilities, and suggests solutions such as implementing hardware firewalls, enhancing data protection through encryption and authentication, and upgrading network diagrams. The report also addresses e-commerce strategies, suggesting the implementation of filtering systems. Moreover, it emphasizes the importance of both hardware and software security measures, including the use of strong encryption, separate networks for guests, and the implementation of anti-virus software. The report also highlights the need for employee training and the utilization of data masking and encryption technologies. The report concludes by referencing several sources that support its recommendations.

Information technology
infrastructure and its security

Current infrastructure
• The Company depends on a robust infrastructure.
• The infrastructure comprises of different hardware and software in its systems.
• There are different sections in which the infrastructure is divided (Bennett et al.,
2013).
• There are various management level present in the infrastructure of the
company.
• The infrastructure is based on different technologies that works automatically.

recommendatio
ns
• Hardware firewall can be implemented.
• Firewall will protect the information technology infrastructure.
• Different type of software must be implemented so that phishing attacks can be
prevented.
• Data can be protected by the method of authentication and different encryption
technology.

Up gradation of the system
drawings
• The network diagram of the system need to be upgraded.
• The up gradation will help in preventing the different harms.
• Network need to be updated.
• The drawing must be more elaborate.
• The system drawing is congested.

Erp system management plan
• It is an integrated software application.
• It is used to manage and control both the external and internal factors (Hudis et al., 2015).
• All the functions of the organization is managed.
• It helps the employees to perform the different business.
• It helps in the implementation of the different business process.

ERP
Human
Resource
Management
Customer
Relationship
Management
Manufacturing
Resource
Management
Supply Chain
Management
Financial
Resource
Management
Image: ERP Planning (Source: As created by the author)

E-commerce recommendation
• Different online strategies can be implemented.
• The e-commerce platform must be attractive.
• The e-commerce plans requires the reuse and recycle process.
• Introduction of different filtering systems (Moghe, Gehani & Smith,
2014).

security recommendations
• Different security can be implemented in the system.
• The security can be hardware and software security (Soomro, Shah&
Ahmed, 2016).
• Different Policies need to be implemented.
• All the employees must be educate.

• Firewall can be implemented.
• Proxy servers can be used.
• Unauthorized access must be prevented.
• Access of different type of information from different location must be
denied.
Hardware implementation for
security

Software implementation for
security
• Strong encryption method can be used.
• Separate network for the guest is required.
• The MAC authentication need to be enabled for the users.
• Different anti-virus software must be implemented.
• Requires software for protection against the various phishing attacks.

Technologies that can be
implemented
• Data protection technology must be implemented.
• Different network security must be enabled in the system.
• Various data masking and data encryption is used.
• The employees must be well trained.

References
Bennett, J., Stager, M., Shevlin, G., & Tang, W. (2013). U.S. Patent No. 8,516,594. Washington, DC: U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Hudis, E., Helman, Y., Malka, J., & Barash, U. (2015). U.S. Patent No. 8,959,568. Washington, DC: U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Moghe, P., Gehani, N., & Smith, P. T. (2014). U.S. Patent No. 8,880,893. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
Soomro, Z. A., Shah, M. H., & Ahmed, J. (2016). Information security management needs more holistic
approach: A literature review. International Journal of Information Management, 36(2), 215-225.