Technical Specifications

Customers can install and configure IRIS in a couple of hours if they wish to host the system internally. Alternatively, IRIS can host the software for you meaning all you need to get up and running is a web-browser and a username.

IRIS has a variety of licensing installation options to suit any environment:

  • Host the system in-house or let IRIS host the system (SaaS).
  • License Individual Users or Share “Concurrent” Licenses across a team.
  • Choose our Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product or enjoy free custom configuration (subject to minimum purchase requirements).

HOSTING

 

IN-HOUSE HOSTED
IRIS can be run on a shared server or virtual machine to minimize IT costs:

  • Recommended OS – Windows Server All versions from 2008R2 through to 2016
  • Recommended DB – SQL Server All versions from 2008R2 through to 2017 (except Compact edition)
  • Net Framework v4.5, 4.6 and 4.7
IRIS HOSTED (SaaS)

Users simply log in using any major browser including, but not limited to:

  • Internet Explorer (v7 and up)
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  • Other

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

 

IRIS Software can be run on a shared server or dedicated server:​

  • Recommended OS – Windows Server all versions from 2008R2 through to 2016
  • Recommended DB – SQL Server all versions from 2008R2 through to 2017 (Any edition except Compact)
  • Allow for database growth of 2GB per year per 10,000 active risk items[1]
  • CPU – IIS and SQL Server will make full usage of multiple cores so a high core count is preferred over raw clock speed.
  • Can be run virtualised if the Host Machine has sufficient resources to support the load
  • .Net Framework v4.5, 4.6 and 4.7

For installations of 500 users and above we recommend a minimum of two physical servers with the web server and database server separated.
For smaller scale installations, one physical server or virtual server is acceptable.

​[1] Assumes 100 projects with 100 risks each for 10,000 total active risks/issues/opportunities without Monte Carlo Simulation. Each risk item based on 10 mitigating actions and weekly reviews.

ARCHITECTURE

 

Web Browser -> IIS -> ASP (MVC)-> Entity Framework -> Database

ASP.Net on windows server with MVC and Entity Framework for Data access

Recommended Database server:

  • Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server express is adequate for up to 100 users)

SECURITY

 

Standard authentication uses a separate database with a different database login and no passwords are stored in the clear.​

  • Can run over SSL, with it made mandatory if necessary
  • Can authenticate with Active Directory if necessary
  • Can use third party authentication systems if necessary

 

Configurable to conform to internal IT policies

  • Password validation rules (via Regular Expressions)
  • Number of login attempts
  • Minimum password length
  • Increase complexity by stating number of alpha numeric characters

 

SQL and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

  • No raw SQL is generated when the application is up and running.
  • All database access goes through the Entity Framework.
  • Input is protected so that potential input is denied that looks similar to SQL and HTML.
  • No Java, ActiveX or Flash is used.

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