Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This case study looks at Adler Consulting's digital systems security architecture in depth and makes suggestions for how to improve it. Adler Consulting is a well-known organisation that provides IT solutions all around the world. Adler Consulting has more than 20,000 workers and brings in more than $1 billion a year. Because of this, they need to have strong security to deal with new cyber dangers that come up. The study goes into detail on the organization's existing security setup, which includes SIEM/SEM, WAF, and multi-cloud environments. It also points out the most relevant flaws and threats. The plan for making things better involves hiring security engineers who are dedicated to the task and putting up a modern Security Operations Centre (SOC) with a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in charge. Important policy ideas have been made around Acceptable Use, Security Awareness and Training, Change Management, Password Management, Remote Access, and Third-Party involvement. The paper also gives ideas for making the decentralised network design stronger, such using Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IDPS) and always keeping an eye on how well the network is working. Finally, it explains how to have solid procedures for Incident Response and Business Continuity Planning so that the organisation is strong and security incidents don't cause too much trouble.
Authors: Upendra Kanuru, Odiase Irumudomon
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7204995024