Child Protection Board

Question: Discuss about theChild Protection Board. Answer: Introduction Child Protect Board is a not for profit organization that is set up in Australia and has its headquarters in Sydney. There are two other branches of the organization in Australia that are located in Brisbane and Melbourne. With the change in the technology, there are new and improved services that the organization has decided to implement in the areas of data file exchange and payroll operations. These services will be implemented on the cloud platform and the report covers the cloud delivery model, cloud deployment model, advantages to the staff, cloud vendors for the services and security aspects as well. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Delivery Model Child Protection Board is an organization that does not specialize in the development, hosting and implementation of software services and solutions. The most applicable delivery model in this case is Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). IaaS is a delivery model that would provide the organization with the hardware and software required for the services. It will also take care of the data centre and would act as a third party host for the services that are required to be implemented by the Child Protection Board (Elmasry, 2016). There are a number of advantages that will be offered by IaaS. The infrastructure cost will not be involved with the involvement of IaaS as the delivery model and it will also offer a great degree of scalability and flexibility. IaaS will also the organization to easily scale up and scale down the services as per the changes in the requirements and technology. Availability and reliability of the services will also be offered by this delivery model (Kavitha, 2014). Hybrid Cloud - Deployment Model The deployment model that has been recommended for Child Protection Board and its services is the hybrid cloud. This model is the combination of the public and private cloud and will bring forward the best of both the models. The components of the services that would make use of public data and would include low on severity operations will be implemented on the public framework of the hybrid cloud and the rest of them would be implemented with the private cloud. There are a number of advantages that will be offered by the hybrid cloud which are as listed below. This model will provide enhanced security to the organization by keeping the data and information safe and secure (Rao, Naveena, David, 2015). The overall costs that will be associated with the deployment will also be less as compared to the private cloud and public cloud. The model will also be completely fit for purpose for both of the services required to be implemented by the organization. Benefits to the Staff There are a number of benefits that will be offered by the cloud based services to the staff members of the Child Protection Board. The first and the foremost benefit will be in terms of the ease of working that will come along with this approach. The staff members will experience a flexible style of working and will be able to work remotely and will also be able to maintain a higher balance between their work and personal life. The cloud based services will also provide the staff members with the opportunity to share the resources which in turn will increase the team collaboration and cooperation (Baciu, 2015). The staff members will also benefit in terms of the experience and hands on with the latest technology and framework present in the market. The customers will be satisfied with the newly provided services and the same will reflect on the benefits to the staff members in terms of the profits, appraisals and alterations in other human resource policies. Cost and Billing Comparison for Cloud Vendors There are a number of cloud vendors that provide a number of services and are commercially available in the market. The two services that are being implemented by the organization can be covered by selecting any of the packages that are offered by the vendors that are as listed below. These vendors also score well in terms of the security and other functionalities as required by the Child Protection Board. Price Reckon Saasu Xero Basic $5 per month $15 per month $9 per month Premium or Advanced $14 to 20 per month Up to $180 per month $70 per month Payroll Services Cloud Vendors (AdvisoryHQ, 2015) Price Rackspace Telstra Optus Cost CPU per hour $0.015 is the starting $0.175 is the starting $0.0175 is the starting Cloud GB Storage Storage Allowance included with compute $0.3 is the starting $0.3 is the starting Data File Exchange Cloud Vendors (Hortovanyi, 2016) Cloud Service Information Security Features Security is one of the critical areas that are associated with any service and any host. The same is the case with the cloud computing and the services that are made available by the same. The delivery and deployment models that have been recommended for the project will offer enhanced security to the Child Protection Board. However, there are a number of risks and threats in terms of information security that will still be present and it would be essential for the organization to develop mechanisms to deal with the same. Cloud services will be exposed to a number of network attacks such as denial of service, server impersonation, message alteration and many others that may adversely impact the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information. There will also be a number of malware threats to the services which may adversely impact the services and the organization will be required to come up with latest anti-malware and anti-adware to control the same (Cloudcouncil, 20 15). There will also be a number of information security risks that will be associated with the services in terms of the availability of the same. It would also be essential to apply and implement the encryption across all of the information exchanges. Failure of the same will make it easy for the attackers to misuse the acquired information. In case of stronger encryption methods applied across the data and information present with the organization, it will make it impossible for the attacker to make use of the information even if the attempt to get hold of the same is executed successfully. References AdvisoryHQ,. (2015). 5 Best Small Business Accounting Software in Australia. AdvisoryHQ. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://www.advisoryhq.com/articles/5-best-small-business-accounting-software-in-australia/ Baciu, I. (2015). Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Computing Services, from the Employee's Point of View. Papers.ssrn.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2787612 Cloudcouncil,. (2015). Security for Cloud Computing Ten Steps to Ensure Success Version 2.0. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://www.cloud-council.org/deliverables/CSCC-Security-for-Cloud-Computing-10-Steps-to-Ensure-Success.pdf Elmasry, H. (2016). Cloud computing: A study of infrastructure as a service (IAAS). Academia.edu. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://www.academia.edu/1181740/Cloud_computing_A_study_of_infrastructure_as_a_service_IAAS_ Hortovanyi, N. (2016). Australian clouds compared | ZDNet. ZDNet. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-clouds-compared/ Kavitha, K. (2014). Study on Cloud Computing Model and its Benefits, Challenges. Retrieved 14 September 2016, from https://www.ijircce.com/upload/2014/january/4_Study.pdf Rao, T., Naveena, K., David, R. (2015). A New Computing Envornment Using Hybrid Cloud. Journal Of Information Sciences And Computing Technologies, 3(1), 180-185. Retrieved from https://scitecresearch.com/journals/index.php/jisct/article/view/86