The document discusses the importance of policy in defining an organization's security scope and expectations. It provides examples of key policies around information, security, computer and internet use, and procedures for user management, backups, incident response and disaster recovery. Effective policy creation involves risk assessment, stakeholder input, and regular review to ensure ongoing relevance. Deployment requires security awareness training and compliance audits.
Understand and apply concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability, Apply security governance principles,
Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context, Develop and implement documented security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines, Understand business continuity requirements
Contribute to personnel security policies, Understand and apply risk management concepts, Understand and apply threat modeling, Integrate security risk considerations into acquisition strategy and practice, Establish and manage information security education, training, and awareness
Understand and apply concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability, Apply security governance principles,
Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a global context, Develop and implement documented security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines, Understand business continuity requirements
Contribute to personnel security policies, Understand and apply risk management concepts, Understand and apply threat modeling, Integrate security risk considerations into acquisition strategy and practice, Establish and manage information security education, training, and awareness
As an information security professional, it is your role to take on the cybersecurity challenges in your organization. That is where a solid understanding of Risk Management comes in. Risk Management is a lot like a chess game. To succeed you need to understand the risks ahead and be able to plot future scenarios, to weigh up the relative impacts and then plan accordingly. Scroll through this slideshare to learn about 4 essential frameworks.
Control physical and logical access to assets, Manage identification and authentication of people and devices, Integrate identity as a service (e.g., cloud identity),
Integrate third-party identity services (e.g., on-premise), Implement and manage authorization mechanisms, Prevent or mitigate access control attacks, Manage the identity and access provisioning life cycle (e.g., provisioning, review)
Five principles for improving your cyber securityWGroup
Corporate assets have been shifting from physical assets to virtual assets over the past 20 years. This trend has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in the vulnerability of intangible assets, leading to a greater general awareness of corporate cyber security risks. The alteration or destruction of a company’s data can result in harm to reputation, loss of public confidence, disruption to infrastructure, and legal sanctions. The security risk can adversely impact a company’s stock price and competitive position in the marketplace. In this document, WGroup cites 5 principles that will help improve a business's cyber security. The 5 principles are risk identification, risk management, legal implications, technical expertise, and expectations.
The development and deployment of an enterprise Security Policy that defines the what and how of enterprise security is now mandated by numerous regulatory and industry standards, such as HIPAA and PCI-DSS. The development of a Security Policy, however, generally takes specialized skills that most organizations do not have. As a result, the process either takes a significant amount of time, or a significant amount of money.
Info-Tech’s Security Policy Solution Set will help you:
•Understand what goes into a Security Policy and why.
•Determine which specific policies are required by your organization.
•Streamline the creation of a policy set via customizable standards-based templates.
•Implement policies in an order that makes sense.
•Understand policy enforcement.
Use this material to build the Policies you need to be protected and compliant without spending a penny.
My presentation at 7th Business Security Conference in Warsaw. Describes ON Semiconductor approach to implement Physical Security Management system globally.
As an information security professional, it is your role to take on the cybersecurity challenges in your organization. That is where a solid understanding of Risk Management comes in. Risk Management is a lot like a chess game. To succeed you need to understand the risks ahead and be able to plot future scenarios, to weigh up the relative impacts and then plan accordingly. Scroll through this slideshare to learn about 4 essential frameworks.
Control physical and logical access to assets, Manage identification and authentication of people and devices, Integrate identity as a service (e.g., cloud identity),
Integrate third-party identity services (e.g., on-premise), Implement and manage authorization mechanisms, Prevent or mitigate access control attacks, Manage the identity and access provisioning life cycle (e.g., provisioning, review)
Five principles for improving your cyber securityWGroup
Corporate assets have been shifting from physical assets to virtual assets over the past 20 years. This trend has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in the vulnerability of intangible assets, leading to a greater general awareness of corporate cyber security risks. The alteration or destruction of a company’s data can result in harm to reputation, loss of public confidence, disruption to infrastructure, and legal sanctions. The security risk can adversely impact a company’s stock price and competitive position in the marketplace. In this document, WGroup cites 5 principles that will help improve a business's cyber security. The 5 principles are risk identification, risk management, legal implications, technical expertise, and expectations.
The development and deployment of an enterprise Security Policy that defines the what and how of enterprise security is now mandated by numerous regulatory and industry standards, such as HIPAA and PCI-DSS. The development of a Security Policy, however, generally takes specialized skills that most organizations do not have. As a result, the process either takes a significant amount of time, or a significant amount of money.
Info-Tech’s Security Policy Solution Set will help you:
•Understand what goes into a Security Policy and why.
•Determine which specific policies are required by your organization.
•Streamline the creation of a policy set via customizable standards-based templates.
•Implement policies in an order that makes sense.
•Understand policy enforcement.
Use this material to build the Policies you need to be protected and compliant without spending a penny.
My presentation at 7th Business Security Conference in Warsaw. Describes ON Semiconductor approach to implement Physical Security Management system globally.
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For our discussion question, we focus on recent trends in security t.pdfalokkesh
For our discussion question, we focus on recent trends in security technologies and security
operations. Staying current with various security tools is an important characteristic of a
proficient security manager. One method to discover new technologies is to attend security
related conferences and network with other security professionals about current and trending best
practices. For your discussion question, choose two relevant and recent physical security
technologies and describe them. As part of your detailed description, provide: 1) Specific
information about the technology\'s function and application; 2) The type of facilities that the
technology would be best suited for; 3) The assets that the technology would best be used to
protect; 4) The likely vulnerabilities that the technology would best address; 5) Methods in
which the technology would be integrated with other technologies; 6) The number and type of
personnel that will need to be committed to the operation of the technology; 7) Special
considerations for policies and procedures to fully implement the technology; and 8) A likely
budget needed to implement the technology. If you are impressed with a particular security
technology that your organization uses, share it. Include any relevant hyperlinks and attach any
pictures if applicable. Here are some security categories of technologies that you may select.
Please make sure your posting covers a specific technology rather than a broad category:
Intrusion Detection Screening Technologies Access Control Technologies
Assessment/Surveillance Technologies Communications Technologies Central Control
Technologies Security Lighting Make certain that you do not duplicate another student\'s
contribution. You can select a “different” technology from the same category.
Solution
Information Security management is a process of defining the security controls in order to
protect the information assets.
Security Program
The first action of a management program to implement information security is to have a
security program in place. Though some argue the first act would be to gain some real \"proof of
concept\" \"explainable thru display on the monitor screen\" security knowledge. Start with
maybe understanding where OS passwords are stored within the code inside a file within a
directory. If you don\'t understand Operating Systems at the root directory level maybe you
should seek out advice from somebody who does before even beginning to implement security
program management and objectives.
Security Program Objectives
Protect the company and its assets.
Manage Risks by Identifying assets, discovering threats and estimating the risk
Provide direction for security activities by framing of information security policies, procedures,
standards, guidelines and baselines
Information Classification
Security Organization and
Security Education
Security Management Responsibilities
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Cybersecurity Assessment Framework. Includes baseline security. Operationalizing the steps and implementing the 4 processes Predict, Prevent, Detect, Respond
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Identification and Authentication:
• How it works: Users and devices are identified and authenticated to ensure they are who they claim to be. This often involves the use of usernames and passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometrics, or other authentication methods.
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Organizations achieve operational security through policies and
procedures that guide user’s interactions with data and data processing
systems. Developing and aligning these efforts with the goals of the business
is a crucial part of developing a successful security program. One method
of ensuring coverage is to align efforts with the operational security model
described in the last chapter. This breaks efforts into groups; prevention,
detection, and response elements.
Prevention technologies are designed to keep individuals from being able
to gain access to systems or data they are not authorized to use. Originally,
this was the sole approach to security. Eventually we learned that in an
operational environment, prevention is extremely difficult and relying
on prevention technologies alone is not sufficient. This led to the rise of
technologies to detect and respond to events that occur when prevention
fails. Together, the prevention technologies and the detection and response
technologies form the operational model for computer security.
In this chapter, you will learn
how to
■■ Identify various operational aspects
to security in your organization
■■ Identify various policies and
procedures in your organization
■■ Identify the security awareness and
training needs of an organization
■■ Understand the different types of
agreements employed in negotiating
security requirements
■■ Describe the physical security
components that can protect your
computers and network
■■ Identify environmental factors that
can affect security
■■ Identify factors that affect the
security of the growing number of
wireless technologies used for data
transmission
■■ Prevent disclosure through
electronic emanations
We will bankrupt ourselves in the
vain search for absolute security.
—Dwight David Eisenhower
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■■ Policies, Procedures, Standards,
and Guidelines
An important part of any organization’s approach to implementing security
are the policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that are established
to detail what users and administrators should be doing to maintain the
security of the systems and network. Collectively, these documents provide
the guidance needed to determine how security will be implemented in
the organization. Given this guidance, the specific technology and security
mechanisms required can be planned for.
Policies are high-level, broad statements of what the organization wants
to accomplish. They are made by management when laying out the organi-
zation’s position on some issue. Procedures are the .
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2. Overview
Understanding why policy is important.
Defining various policies.
Creating an appropriate policy.
Deploying policies.
Using policy effectively.
3. Understanding Why Policy is
Important
The two primary functions of a policy are:
It defines the scope of security within an organization.
It clearly states the expectations from everyone in the
organization.
4. Understanding Why Policy is
Important
Policy defines how security should be implemented.
It includes the system configurations, network
configurations, and physical security measures.
It defines the mechanisms used to protect information and
systems.
It defines how organizations should react when security
incidents occur.
5. Understanding Why Policy is
Important
Policy provides the framework for employees to work
together.
It defines the common goals and objectives of the
organization’s security program.
Proper security awareness training helps implement policy
initiatives effectively.
7. Defining Various Policies
System administration procedures.
Backup policy.
Incident response policy.
Configuration management procedures.
Design methodology.
Disaster recovery plans.
8. Information Policy
Identification of sensitive information.
Classifications.
Marking and storing sensitive information.
Transmission of sensitive information.
Destruction of sensitive information.
9. Identification of Sensitive
Information
Sensitive information differs depending on the business of
the organization.
It may include business records, product designs, patent
information, and company phone books.
It may also include payroll, medical insurance, and any
other financial information.
10. Classifications
Only the lowest level of information should be made public.
All proprietary, company sensitive, or company confidential
information is releasable to employees.
All restricted or protected information must be made
available to authorized employees only.
11. Marking and Storing Sensitive
Information
The policy must mark all sensitive information.
It should address the storage mechanism for information on
paper or on computer systems.
Incase of information stored on computer systems, the
policy should specify appropriate levels of protection.
Use encryption wherever required.
12. Transmission of Sensitive
Information
The policy addresses how sensitive information needs to be
transmitted.
It specifies the encryption method to be used while
transmitting information through electronic mail.
Incase of hardcopies of information, request a signed
receipt.
13. Destruction of Sensitive
Information
To destroy sensitive information:
Shred the information on paper.
Use cross-cut shredders that provide an added level of
protection.
PGP desktop and BCWipe can be used to delete documents
placed on a desktop.
16. Identification and
Authentication
The security policy defines how users will be identified.
It defines the primary authentication mechanism for users
and administrators.
It defines stronger mechanism for remote access such as
VPN or dial-in access.
17. Access Control
The security policy defines the standard requirement for
access control of electronic files.
The requirement includes the required mechanism and the
default requirements for new files.
The mechanism should work with authentication
mechanism to allow only authorized users to access the
information.
18. Audit
Security policies must frequently audit the following events:
Logins (successful and failed).
Logouts.
Failed access to files or system objects.
Remote access (successful and failed).
Privileged actions.
System events (such as shutdowns and reboots).
19. Audit
Each event should also capture the following information:
User ID (if there is one)
Date and time
Process ID (if there is one)
Action performed
Success or failure of the event
20. Network Connectivity
The security policy specifies the rules for network connectivity
and the protection mechanisms. It includes:
Dial-in connections.
Permanent connections.
Remote access of internal systems.
Wireless networks.
21. Malicious Code
The security policy specifies where security programs that
look for malicious code need to be placed.
Some appropriate locations are file servers, desktop
systems, and electronic mail servers.
It should specify the requirements for security programs.
It should require updates of signatures for such security
programs on a periodic basis.
22. Encryption
The security policy should define the acceptable encryption
algorithms for use.
It can refer to the information policy to choose the
appropriate algorithms to protect sensitive information.
It should also specify the procedures required for key
management.
23. Waivers
The security policy should provide a mechanism for risk
assessment and formulating a contingency plan.
For each situation, the system designer or project manager should
fill a waiver form.
The security department reviews the waiver request and provides
risk assessment results and recommendations to minimize the risk.
The waiver should be approved by the organization’s officer in
charge of the project.
24. Appendices
The security policy appendices should have details of:
Security configurations for various operating systems.
Network devices.
Telecommunication equipments.
25. Computer Use Policy
Ownership of computers - States that all computers are owned by
the organization.
Ownership of information - States that all information stored on or
used by the organization’s computers is proprietary to the
organization.
26. Computer Use Policy
Acceptable use of computers - States all acceptable and
unacceptable use of the organization’s computers.
No expectation of privacy - States that the employee have
no expectation of privacy for any information stored, sent,
or received on the organization’s computers.
27. Internet Use Policy
The Internet use policy is a part of the general computer use
policy.
It can be a separate policy due to the specific nature of the
Internet use.
The Internet use policy defines the appropriate uses of the
Internet within an organization.
It may also define inappropriate uses such as visiting non-
business-related web sites.
28. E-mail Policy
Internal mail issues - The electronic mail policy should not
be in conflict with other human resource policies.
External mail issues - Electronic mail leaving an
organization may contain sensitive information. Therefore,
it may be monitored.
29. User Management Procedures
New employment procedure - Provides new employees with
the proper access to computer resources.
Transferred employee procedure - Reviews employee’s
computer access when they are transferred within the
organization.
Employee termination procedure - Ensures removal of users
who no longer work for the organization.
30. System Administration
Procedure
Software upgrades - Defines how often a system administrator
will check for new patches or updates.
Vulnerability scans - Defines how often and when the scans will be
conducted by security.
Policy reviews - Specifies the security requirements for each
system.
31. System Administration
Procedure
Log reviews - Specifies configuration of automated tools
that create log entries and how exceptions must be handled.
Regular monitoring - Documents when network traffic
monitoring will occur.
32. Backup Policy
Frequency of backups - Identifies how often backups
actually occur.
Storage of backups - Defines how to store backups in a
secure location. It also states the mechanism for requesting
and restoring backups.
Information to be backed up - Identifies which data needs
to be backed up more frequently.
33. Incident Response Procedure
Incident handling objectives - Specifies the objectives of the
organization when handling an incident.
Event identification - States corrective actions for an intrusion or
user mistake.
Escalation - Specifies an escalation procedure such as activating
an incident response team.
Information control - Specifies what information is classified and
what can be made public.
34. Incident Response Procedure
Response - Defines the type of response when an incident occurs.
Authority - Defines which individual within the organization or the
incident response team has the authority to take action.
Documentation - Defines how the incident response team should
document its actions.
Testing of the procedure - Tests the IRP once it is written. It also
identifies the loop holes in the procedure and suggests corrective
actions.
35. Configuration Management
Procedures
Initial system state - Documents the state of a new system
when it goes into production. It should include details of the
operating system, version, patch level, application details,
and configuration details.
Change control procedure - Executes a change control
procedure when a change is to be made to an existing
system.
36. Design Methodology
Requirements definition - Specifies the security requirements that
need to be included during the requirement definition phase.
Design - Specifies that security should be represented to ensure
that the project is secured during the design phase.
Test - Specifies that when the project reaches the testing phase,
the security requirement should also be tested.
Implementation - Specifies that the implementation team should
use proper configuration management procedures.
37. Disaster Recovery Plans
Single system or device failures - Includes a network device, disk,
motherboard, network interface card, or component failure.
Data center events - Provides procedures for a major event within
a data center.
Site events - Identifies the critical capabilities that need to be
restored.
Testing the DRP - Identifies key employees and performs
walkthroughs of the plan periodically.
38. Creating an Appropriate Policy
To create an appropriate policy:
Identify which policies are most relevant and important to an
organization.
Conduct a risk assessment to identify risk areas.
Define all acceptable and unacceptable employee behavior.
State all restrictions clearly.
Identify individuals and other stakeholders who will be affected
by the policy. State expectations clearly.
39. Creating an Appropriate Policy
To create an appropriate policy:
Define a set of possible outlines.
Draft the policy based on the outline.
Include stakeholders during discussions and invite suggestions.
Brainstorm before developing the final policy.
40. Deploying the Policy
Every department of the organization that is affected by the
policy must accept the underlying concept.
Conduct security awareness training where employees are
informed of the intended change.
Make well-planned transitions rather than radical changes
while implementing the policy.
41. Using Policy Effectively
Identify security requirements early in the process. Security
should be a part of the design phase of the project.
Examine existing systems to ensure it is in compliance to new
policies.
Conduct periodic audits to ensure compliance with the policy.
Review policies regularly to ensure they are still relevant for the
organization.
42. Summary
Policies define how security is implemented within an organization.
Each policy must have a purpose, scope, and responsibility.
An organization must establish information policy, security policy,
computer use policy, Internet and e-mail policy, and a backup
policy.
An organization must also define user management, system
administration, incident response, and configuration management
procedures.
43. Summary
The disaster recovery plan details recovery action for various
levels of failures.
While creating a policy ensure that it will be relevant and
important to an organization.
Involve stakeholders in policy discussions. Conduct security
awareness trainings regularly.
Include security issues at each development phase of a project.