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Content
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- IT governance, strategy and risk
- IT architecture and implementation
- Information security
- Service delivery and incident handling
- Business continuity planning
- Cyber resilience
- The EDS infrastructure
- Our technology stack
IT Governance, Strategy and Risk
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- Both founders have appropriate skills to provide effective oversight of IT
- Edmund Walsh is responsible for the firm's IT environment
- IT risks and issues have been integrated into our risk management framework
- Firm IT risk management framework fully aligns with industry standards
- Our management information metrics are regularly reviewed to ensure they are optimal
IT Architecture and Implementation
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- The key systems have been developed in-house and is based on primarily open source technologies mainly in the Apache universe
- Preventative controls are established so that individuals with access to the live environment cannot introduce unauthorized changes
- We have seperate development, testing and live environments in place
Information Security
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- We have documented and approved information security policy in place
- Our governance and controls levels are split into three levels: administrators, internal user access and external user access. Our governance policy and controls strictly prohibit the access to data unless is a business need
Service Delivery and Incident Handling
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- Automated tools and defined processes are in place to log and alert availability problems
- System capacity issues are being monitored by automated tools
- There is a mechanism in place to record and track incidents
Business Continuity Planning
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- Although not required by the business, we aim for 99% up time
- Since inception of the business we have met our 99% target
- We have a business continuity and disaster recovery plan in place
Cyber Resilience
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All of these have been reviewed and approved by the FCA
- Our information is behind 3 layers of security.
- The data is not encrypted on disk but any data transfers are encrypted
- No data is ever stored outside our highest security zone
- We continuously monitor internal and external interfaces and investigate alerts, anomalies and suspicious activity
The EDS Infrastructure -- Big Picture
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Cloud Resources
The big picture is that we seamlessly combine physical and cloud resources which can be dynamically managed
EDS Data Center
Combined Computing Power
Client Interface
The EDS Infrastructure -- Cloud Details
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- We utilize Amazon's virtual private cloud services
- This handles network encryption
- Security roles are specificed for public and private facing resources
Our Technology Stack
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