Technology Infrastructure Fundamentals

  • In today’s complex collaborative and increasingly disruptive digital ecosystem, understanding its building blocks or infrastructure IS critical.
  • TECH IF describes the fundamental of the digital ecosystems and its core interaction with key processes and physical operations.
  • The digital ecosystem comprises four complex IT structural environnements called ITSE
    • They are distinct yet interconnected IT infrastructure environments.
    • Each of these environments is complex in its architecture and continuously evolving to keep pace with technological advancements and business needs.
  • These ITSE exist in the logical and physical world which simply means, one would access an IT environment either logically and/or physically.

ITSE - IT Structural Environment

Dated 2010. Pending updated information
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1.

Network Environment

2.

Operating System (OS) Environment

3.

Database (DB) Environment

4.

Application Environment

The SUCOP IT

Business Processes

The ITSEs are defined & managed in five core contextual IT Business Processes (ITBP) called SUCOP

IT Business Process (ITBP) - SUCOP

Dated 2010. Pending updated information
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S

System Security

U

User Access

C

Change Management

O

Other ITBP

P

Physical Security

The SUCOP is operationalized via ITGC

IT General Controls, emerging standards, independent reviews & reports, regulatory oversight and associated internal control reporting mechanisms.

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