Florida Department Of Management Services Part 1

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Florida Department of Management Services Part I
The Florida Department of Management Services' is a major department within the government of State of Florida. The DMS delivers services to over 1.1 million customers. These services are provided to local and state agencies, state workers and retirees, and colleges. DMS is known as a shared service provider that gives assistance to state agencies and state employees through the areas of Human Resource Support, Business Operations, and Specialized Services. (Florida Department of Management Services, n.d.) During the 1990s, the Florida Department of Management Service (DMS) had already built a big information systems network. This network was utilized to serve the state government agencies in at least ten regional sites, and linked these locations to the data center that is located in …show more content…

Security Mechanisms and Protection for the DMS
DMS needs a top notch security mechanism in an effort to protect itself from not only the users accessing its system online, but also from its employees. Even though the current DMS network was up and running, and deemed safe and steady, the system was very sluggish and the interface was not very user-friendly. The system is equipped with a firewall in order to stop unauthorized entries by assessing and checking the inbound and outbound data network exchanges. DMS plans on starting an e-commerce, which will involve taking an extra effort with the security since it also includes authenticating users to confirm they are authorized to make any purchases. The security devices that are required are identified as Virtual private networks and IP security. These are designed to protect the DMS systems from all state employees and online users. Virtual Private Networks (VPN) has encryption