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4.2 Current IT architecture

This section provides background information about the existing Armando
Banking Brothers Company IT architecture, including the network infrastructure,
security infrastructure, and the middleware/application infrastructure.

4.2.1 Network infrastructure

Next we describe the logical network components that make up the ABBC
network (Figure 4-1). ABBC has developed the network and application security
infrastructure in line with the IBM MASS security model. The network has the
following major security zones:

Uncontrolled zone/Internet, external networks
Controlled zone/demilitarized zone (DMZ)
Controlled/intranet
Restricted/production network
Restricted/management network

Figure 4-1 ABBC current network diagram

Production

Servers

Core

WAN

LAN

Branch

Office

DMZ –2

VPN & R-access

ACS

DMZ –3

Ext network

DMZ –1

Server

Compliance

& Remediation

Internet

Partner

WAN

Dialup

Client

VPN

Client

Branch

Office

SCM

TCM

External Network

DMZ

Production

Network

Management

Network

NMS

Intranet

LAN

LAB

Router

Firewall

Intrusion detection

System

Virtual Private

network

Wireless

Access point