The requirements on real-time trading are lower than that of banking and securities industry, however, trading in insurance industry is characterized by big trading volume and high requirements on data security.
In the past business processing center in insurance industry located at the end its outlet system, which was not conducive to its development, data security and timely usage of capital. Insurance companies can use data center and backup center to realize centralized management and all-round monitoring so as to lower risks and improve profitability, which has aroused attention in the industry and promoted fast growth in the recent years.
The growth of insurance businesses has driven some insurance enterprises to set up comprehensive financial services groups integrating various businesses. Businesses in internal divisions are separated with some data access requirements. Attention shall be paid to the following aspects when constructing network architect in insurance industry:
- Constructing an independent "regional modular" in line with the functions of server clusters with each server cluster connected to the core with a redundent router;
- Constructing logical partitions (virtual network) with routers controlling flow path but not ACL controlling access;
- Logical partitions can target at various subsidiaries of the group company or various security areas within a certain subsidiary.
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