Chapter 1: Introduction Formatted: Font: (Default) Arial, 12 pt, Bold
Formatted: Heading 1
1.1 Introduction
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
(NDRRMC), known as R.A. No. 10121, is composed of various national and local
government units, non-government, civil sector and private sector organizations
headed and administered by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) under the
Department of National Defense. The NDRRMC is accountable for ensuring the
protection and welfare of the people during disaster or emergencies. The council
plans and leads the activities, with focus on four aspects namely, a) preparedness,
b) response, c) prevention and mitigation, and d) rehabilitation and recovery.
In 2007, under the General Appropriations Act of 2017 (GAA 2017), OCD
was given a special provision to establish the National Loss and Damage Registry
(NLDR). The establishment of the NLDR aims to provide for a systematic
evaluation, validation, reporting, accounting and database of losses and damage
of the impacts of natural hazards, including extreme weather conditions and sea-
level rise attributed to climate change. The NLDR should support the
implementation of comprehensive disaster risk reduction and management,
integration of risk information systems, as well as strengthening of multi-hazard
early warning systems and services at the national and local government levels
(Cu, 2017).
Calamidat Disaster Event Database (Nakanom 2007; Below et al., 2010) is
the stand-alone disaster database used by OCD, also known as CALAMIDAT.PH.
The system contains historical records of loss dating back to 1968. However, the
database of web-based user interface was damaged and cannot be accessed
directly. The OCD also needs a scalable design for the NLDR to support different
types of data coming from different sources and continuously grows overtime. The
system also needs to be interoperable with other information systems so that
information can be shared and be accessible locally and internationally.
The Information and Communications Technology Division (ICTD) of the
OCD monitors and manages the running progress of Information systems. It also
includes updating the OCD Information System Plan. ICTD also administers the
communication-electronics resources.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The NDRRMC holds a huge amount of data; post disaster need assessment
reports, pre-disaster and post-disaster data, etc. (Baluca, et al, 2017) starting from
1968 up to present. Since the previous system is no longer in use, the data are
only locally accessed through the Office of the Civil Defense. However, this is
confronted with several problems in the organization’s business, such as, a)
National Loss and Damage Registry (NLDR) and other information system cannot
be interoperable with the other systems, b) regional and local council cannot
access the data, c) lack of access control and standards, d) lack of business
continuity and disaster recovery.
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.3.1 General Objective
To design and implement infrastructurethe infrastructure and network
architecture of the Information and Communications Technology Division (ICTD)
of Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) for the NLDR project.
1.3.2 Specific Objectives
The study is envisioned to:
a) Design an IT – Infrastructure for the storage, processing of data for the
NLDR andproject; and Network Architecture that ensures secure
public and private access to the data and network.
b) Define information security enforcement and compliance.
c) Plan business continuity and disaster recovery procedure.
d) Perform user acceptance test.
1.4 Conceptual Framework
The proposed solution is an IT infrastructure and network architecture to
address the requirements of Information and Communications Technology Division
(ICTD) of OCD. The researcher have designed a conceptual framework to better
illustrate the architecture. In addition to the overhead architecture for ITCD, framework
for information security enforcement and compliance will included.
Formatted: Justified, Indent: First line: 0.73", Line spacing:
1.5 lines
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.5.1 To the Office of the Civil Defense
Through this study, the organization’ business process will improve,
specifically in overall IT and IT-enabled operations. By implementing an IT –
Infrastructure and Network Architecture, the ICTD Staff would be able to easily
manage interoperability of the systems and ensure public and private access of
data and network. Its architecture shall follow international standards for
information security enforcement and compliance. It also provides process and
procedures that help the organizations prepare for disruptive events.
1.5.2 To the Philippine Government and Organizations
This can serve as a benchmark project not only for government agencies
but also for organizations found in the Philippines. This will not only solve the
problem of the NDRRMC but it can also help with the transparency of the Philippine
Government by providing easy, secured and restricted access for regional and
local offices.
1.5.3 To the Future Researchers
The study can assist to the future researchers who plan on conducting a
study on IT Infrastructure and Network Architecture, align with information security
enforcement and compliance, and business continuity and disaster recovery
procedure.
1.6 Assumptions, Scope and Delimitations
1.7 Definitions of Terms
Chapter 2: Review of Related Literature
2.1 Infrastructure and Network Design
2.2 Information Security Enforcement and Compliance
2.3 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Chapter 3: Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Requirement Specification
3.3 Architectural and Network Design
3.4 Performance Evaluation