RE: IT Department Size

Hi Rami

 

The size of a sysadmin/network engineering department will depend not
only on the number of users, but also on the technology deployed, on how
skilled your staff is, on how skilled and aware your users are, on your
threats and vulnerabilities, on the targeted service level, etc. I guess
you will have to run a Business Impact Assessment to fine tune the
number of resource in your department. 

 

My two cents.

 

Rafael de Dios


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From: Rami.Prescott@frostbank.com [mailto:Rami.Prescott@frostbank.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:32 PM
To: security-management@securityfocus.com
Subject: IT Department Size

 


Would anyone know of a good place to find information on how large a
system administrator/ network engineering department should be? 

The general rule of thumb I've heard is 1 system administrator/network
engineer for every 250 users.  Is this generally true in practice? 

We define system administrator/network engineer as someone who has 5-10
years experience in all OS and who is responsible for the operating
system and hardware. 

Thank you, 
Rami Prescott 
IT Audit