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Running head: SECURITY POLICY ANALYSIS. 1

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Security Policy Analysis

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SECURITY POLICY ANALYSIS

1. A review of the nine benefits from the cloud first policy

The cloud first policy helps the IT sector through improved efficiency, agitation, and innovation. The three concepts have nine different ways that an organization using the cloud first policy in its IT department benefits from. Such an organization has improved utilization of company assets. As a result, the company can realize increased productivity and easy achievement of organizational goals.

The proper utilization aspect of the cloud first policy helps in the reduction of fragmented IT system applications, data, and infrastructure. Thus, the policy helps in the elimination of data duplication in the IT systems, consolidating of the data center. Also, the It system becomes simpler and more productive, more scalable and responsive and improves service delivery in the IT sector. Due to high efficiency and innovation, it encourages aspect especially to the culture of entrepreneurship because of it capability in reducing risks

2. Review of the 30 case studies

Different organizations from the country's public service have embraced the cloud first policy in their IT systems. However, they all seem to benefit from the policy in different ways thus entirely improving their level of efficiency and service delivery to the citizen. The case further highlights public sectors that are in dire need of improving their services through the application of the cloud first policy in their systems. The case study provides with the different challenges that different government public sectors go through and how the application of the cloud first policy can help the situation.

3/4. Copy- pasting the matrix and filling in the matrix

Case Study Title	Benefits
1. USDA’s IT infrastructure	Reduced data and application fragmentation and duplication, proper asset and resources utilization
2 Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)	Improved the rate of service delivery and efficiency in the sector, improve data infrastructure
3 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)	Better utilization of assets and resources, improved efficiency and transparency
4. The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)	To Improve efficiency and accountability in service rendering to the public. To protect valuable data from being hacked
5. Yemen Department of Defense (DOD)	Better utilization of states resources, reduction of data fragmentation and duplication
6 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)	Improved efficiency and accountability in the sector, and consolidation of data center so as allow only one point to be the source of data
7 Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Improved medical health service delivery in the sector to the public, to increase productivity and goal achievement
8 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S border patrol team	Improved efficiency and accountability in service delivery at the borders, proper assets utilization
9 The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)	To improve accountability, adequate resources utilization so that they can benefit the intended persons, reduce risks
10 Federal Protective Service (FPS)	To improve efficiency, quality of service delivery, and accountability, proper utilization of resources.

5. Case study: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

TANF is the public program responsible for offering cash assistance to low-income families with children. However, the sector has been challenged by numerous laws and limitations as to how the industry carries on it functions. As a result, the sectors level and quality of performance remains restricted and, on the other hand, the number of low-income families with children is on the rise. As a result, the application of the cloud first policy is the best solution. The policy is said that it can help the sector to improve efficiency and accountability. This shall in return save the government from having to fix restricting laws in the industry so that the quality of service can be high and speedy.