Solution Description

The 'Solution Description' question in the HECVAT (Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit) is asking you to provide a comprehensive overview of your product or service. This question serves as a foundation for the security assessment by helping the evaluators understand what your solution does, how it works, and what systems or data it might interact with. This question is being asked because security risks can only be properly evaluated in context. The evaluators need to understand your solution's purpose, architecture, and functionality to properly assess the relevance and severity of potential security concerns. For example, a solution that processes sensitive student data would be evaluated differently than one that simply provides informational content. To best answer this question, you should: 1. Clearly describe what your product or service does in functional terms 2. Outline the key components or modules of your solution 3. Explain how users interact with your solution 4. Mention what types of data your solution processes or stores 5. Note any integrations with other systems 6. Describe deployment models (cloud-based, on-premises, hybrid, etc.) 7. Include any relevant technical details that would help evaluators understand security implications Your description should be thorough but concise, focusing on aspects that have security implications. Avoid marketing language and focus on factual information about functionality and architecture.