What this code covers
Hardware and perpetual software licenses for IT Security products providing Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) for real-time operational security such as vulnerability scanning, cyber security, managing firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and security information and event management (SIEM). Also covers IT Disaster Recovery tools to enable backup and recovery; dedicated failover facilities, generators, UPS systems.
Includes
Software that is licensed for use indefinitely. This can also be referred to as perpetual, indefinite, permanent, continuous, or ever lasting.
Excludes
DR designated equipment is included directly in its own sub-tower (e.g., extra servers for DR are included in Compute tower, etc.). The implementation actions defined by security policies (e.g. mitigating security breaches by applying patches) are not included in the Security sub-tower and are part of the respective towers where the actions take place (e.g. Compute, Storage, Network).