This assignment involves developing recommendations for financial decisions on purchasing a new intrusion detection system server, including a description of the current system, a feasibility study, cost and return on investment analysis, solution options, and a comparison with another budget plan.

Assignment Content
This week you will use relevant information
on capital investment opportunities to develop recommendations for
financial decisions on purchasing a new intrusion detection system (IDS)
server. The current server is on an unsupported Windows Server® 2003
operating system.
Part 1
Create a 4- to 5-page BCC
Enterprise Capital Investment recommendation for implementing a new
server to host the current IDS. The BCC Enterprise Capital Investment
recommendation must include the following:
Description of the current system
Summary of the security vulnerabilities due to an unsupported Windows® operating system
Preliminary feasibility study
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Return on investment (ROI)
At least two solution options
Recommendations
Part 2
Create
a 5- to 7-slide Microsotf® PowerPoint® presentation on the financial
decision comparing your BCC Enterprise Capital Investment recommendation
with the IPS Budget Plan completed in Week Three. The purpose is to
provide a recommendation to BCC leadership on the prioritization of
spending for these two initiatives. The presentation should include the
following:
Title slide
Summary of each initiative
TCO matrix that compares both initiatives
ROI matrix that compares both initiatives
Recommendation based on the TCO and ROI for each initiative