Security Design and Review (SDR) provides a systematic process to identify the requirements, discuss available Siemens software security functions and features, and align appropriate solutions to the security requirements for planning secure system implementation. SDR also evaluates the security requirement impact on Siemens software deployment architecture and infrastructure design and makes appropriate recommendations for improvement. 

Security Design and Review consists of authentication (user login/passwords, security services, client communication services, LDAP, single sign-on, and multi-factor authentication), authorization (best practices, access control, corporate and regulatory compliance), audit (Audit Manager capabilities, and application login), and asset protection (server architecture, client configuration, network security, proxy servers, files management architecture, database security, and file security).

Performance risks can mainly be managed and reduced by taking a proactive approach. Application Configuration and Tuning (ACT) provides an experienced Siemens system architect to advise and guide the system configuration and tuning of the targeted Siemens software system environment. ACT should be engaged before end-users begin to test or use the application. 

Application Configuration and Tuning delivers a final document that summarizes assumptions, configuration changes, and parameters tuning that are recommended and/or changed. Through discussion with the system architect, customer-specific situations and requirements, system configuration, and parameters recommendations can be thoroughly prepared for target deployment.

Managing a stable production deployment of Siemens software that is available, reliable, and responsive requires continuous performance metrics from infrastructure and application components. System Performance Monitoring (SPM) provides you with a Siemens software expert to guide the implementation of a cost-effective system monitoring solution to automate the collection of metrics from servers, clients, and applications. 

Our solution uses Nagios XI, a popular application monitoring software that supports the use of Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology, to collect available performance metrics from Siemens software application tiers using Siemens-provided plugins, and presents results in graphical form. Application-level metrics, together with representative client performance-level metrics, provide a continuous snapshot of software application health and behavior, enabling administrators to stay ahead of any issue in addition to reporting overall system health.

Performance is one of the most critical factors by which end users measure Siemens software implementation. Performance issues can be triggered by a number of factors within the infrastructure or Siemens software configuration files. System Performance Analysis (SPA) helps customers to produce a complete, detailed technical review and recommendation report that are used for identification of issues, improvement planning, and execution. 

SPA adopts a systematic methodology conducted by Siemens system architects to diagnose the software application system using various tools leveraging experience, identifying system- and configuration-level issues, and providing both corrective and preventive measures.