7-Harris County Cybersecurity Reference Architecture.pdf

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RFP - IT Software (Saas) Diversity Management Software for the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity
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Harris County, Texas

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The document is a detailed Enterprise Technology Services Reference Architecture diagram for Harris County, Texas, dated February 2024. The diagram comprehensively outlines six primary service domains: Data Services, Digital Services, Enterprise Technology Infrastructure Services, Information Security Services, IT Service Management, and Technology Optimization. Each domain is broken down into specific sub-categories and functional components that describe how technology services are structured, managed, and delivered across the county's enterprise technology environment.

The reference architecture provides a strategic framework for transforming data, enabling digital services, managing technology infrastructure, ensuring information security, and optimizing technology processes. Key focus areas include structured and unstructured data management, web/portal services, digital channels, network services, cloud infrastructure, service strategy and design, and comprehensive security approaches spanning identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover functions. The diagram serves as a holistic blueprint for Harris County's technological ecosystem, emphasizing a data-centric architecture that supports sustainable and forward-looking service models across various technological domains.

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TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZATION : Enterprise Technology Optimization focuses on leveraging digital technology and practices to improve existing processes and/or delivery model. Also focuses on exploring emerging technologies and practices to create a renewed, forward looking and sustainable service model.

DATA SERVICES: Data Services provide the frameworks and methods for transforming data into useful information. The principles of a data centric archticture have been adopted by the HCUS and are enabled by data services.

DIGITAL SERVICES: Digital Services provide services that are used horizontally across the enterprise to enable software or business applications.

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES: Enterprise Technology Infrastructure Services are used to support applications across the organizations, and are typically focused on Network Services, On-Premise/Co-Location Infrstructure and Cloud Infrastructure.

INFORMATION SECURITY SERVICES: Enterprise information security services provide frameworks and methods to all technology and data services provided by or to the County comply with all applicable standards, guidelines and best practices.

IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT: IT Service Management encompases the activities necessary to plan, design, deliver, operate and control the technology services offered and supported by the County.

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