This assessment is designed to assess your skills in analysing the IT infrastructure hardware, software and networking requirements for a selected organisation. The organisation must provide IS...

Title of the assignment: Analysis of network, hardware and software requirements
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Table of Contents
1.    Introduction to SANS institute    3
2.    Used data types and IT infrastructure solution at SANS institute    4
3.    Required network devices at SANS and their functions    5
4.    Communication applications used at SANS and their functions    6
5.    Data movement with OSI model    7
6.    Summary and conclusion    8
7.    References:    10
1. Introduction to SANS institute
Information security is the most important thing which is focused by most of the organizations of modern time. The SANS institute is providing its services in Australia, Singapore, Japan etc. countries. Basically this SANS institute provides training, courses and certificates to different professionals and students related to importance of information security. The main services provided by this organization in area of information security are listed below:
1. The training of information security is provided to professionals and students.
2. The SANS institute provides live and online training to learning professionals and students.
3. The SANS institute organizes different programs to provide awareness related to information security.
4. The required resources and venders are also provided by SANS to different organizations to maintain use of information technology and their security.
The SANS institute has different departments like training, marketing etc. which are related to different tasks. The points showing uses related to information technology in different departments of SANS institute are listed below:
1. The marketing departments use IT to show all upcoming events in different countries.
2. The training department uses IT for providing live and private training.
3. The services of online training are also managed by training department with help of IT.
4. The accounting department uses IT services to receive payments of private training or any fee related to any provided course or services.
5. The R & D department uses IT services to maintain their resources.
6. Sales and purchase department of SANS uses IT to find venders.
2. Used data types and IT infrastructure solution at SANS institute
Like other organizations SANS institute also makes use of different types of data which is related to online programs, trainings, students and professionals. This complete data including confidential data sets are stored in the database of SANS institute. SANS institute is providing services in the area of information security, so, all the importance of database security are very well known to them. This organization holds clients personal data, clients financial data and course data. The SANS institute maintains a hierarchy to access data by its staff members and process followed by staff members to access SANS database is illustrated below:
1. Each employee of SANS uses a login ID and password to access the SANS database.
2. The internal system of SANS institute verifies the provided login details by the employees.
3. In case when the login details provided by employee are correct the level based data access is provided to employees, otherwise, the data access is restricted for employee.
The data access and its storage is big challenge for organizations like SANS institute which are distributed globally. The required two infrastructure solution to access and store the data through network are listed and explained below:
1. Cloud storage: The cloud is latest technology based infrastructure solution which can justify the access and store the data requirements for SANS institute. The DBAAS is an effective database solution and IT infrastructure which is provided by so many venders. T
2. Server storage: The SANS institute can also develop a database server which can fulfill the access and store the data requirements for this institute. The server based infrastructure will require effective maintenance from SANS but it will lead to effective security to stored data of...