Executive Roles and Responsibilities
In any corporate setting or military installation, a need to define proper boundaries and procedures for safeguarding data can be a daunting and sometimes a seemingly impossible task. Delineating, clarifying, and communicating the responsibilities for protecting and defending information resources is the first step in creating a culture that is sensitive and responsive to information security issues.
A busy executive with a data integrity mind set has to control information coming in, through its processing phases and ending in the customers hands as a usable product. Free from any modification and as accurate as it can possibly be, If they get the information at all. (DOS in mind). Information security executive needs to ensure that the organization has procedures for account management, backup, incident handling, standardized and authorized software and hardware, disaster recovery, and a Continuity of Operations Plan, or COOP. Moreover, identifying whom is responsible for what plays an important role as well.
Account management procedures define when and how new users should be added and when other users should be removed from the system. Password control may be included here. I have been apart of the Navy active and Reserve components for 8 years, working as either a Cryptologic Technician Operator (Communication) or Assistant ISSO for Operations department. One thing that has remained in tact if not for security purposes, for resource monitoring and control, was the management of accounts. The deletion and creation of accounts had a set of people usually two assigned to just that task. Moreover, account management also is used for punishment purposes and not just the controlli...
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...ng and for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data and information by safeguarding their workstations. All personnel are also responsible for assuring computer password protection, complying with the regulations concerning email, and for reporting suspected violations of security.
Guidelines and procedures are key links between policies, personal and organizational responsibilities. The level of detail in the procedures will vary depending upon the size and needs of the organization's information assurance program. These guidelines and procedures are made and enforced by your senior level executives but are the responsibility of each member of the staff. It only takes one with sloppy handling of information to take down a whole organization.
The topic for week 3 of Computer Ethics was based upon an IT security policy in relation to a company’s ethics. The discussion board began with how training as well as education needs to be implemented throughout the business to ensure confidential information is not sent out without encryption or following other procedures put in place. This not only maintains the integrity of the company, but also makes the employees accountable as well. This can be accomplished by a well defined security policy and procedures which outlines the plan of action and the implementation. Many agreed a well documented plan needs to be kept updated as well as conveyed to the rest of the staff so everyone knows what their role is. In addition, Dawan pointed out that a security policy is a “living document” which is one that is forever changing to try and keep up with hackers. Many also agreed it is imperative everyone in the organization needs to be trained on the security policies at an organization.
In the previous paragraph, I only mentioned Information security analyst’s main priority. I will now go over all of their tasks. Information security analysts will install and use software, such as firewalls and data encryption programs. This will keep vital information
The first step in the seven essential elements of corporate compliance is to establish standards and procedures. Standards and procedures are policies and guidelines which were implemented to keep and organization operating and functioning legally without breaking any laws. (Safian, 2010, p. 40)
The United States Government is divided into three branches of government. These three branches are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. The legislative branch consists of congress, and congress is responsible for making laws. Next, is the executive branch, this ranch consists of the president, vice president, and other courts. The executive branch is responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws.
Powers set forth by the Executive Branch still and always have remained under the direction of the President of the United States. The President is responsible for implementation, and enforcing of laws. Also part of the executive branch is the Vice Presidents who assumes the presidential duties should the need arise. The executive branch has not always played the same role as it does today in health policies. This essay reviews the duties of the executive branch and addresses a personal analysis of which branch of government should ultimately be in charge of health care issues.
I wanted to dive deeper into the study of HSO’s as it relates to the leadership aspect. The organization I choose to do my research on is a nursing home facility, in which I currently work. As I was going through the Leadership Matrix assignment, I begin to realize the leadership in this particular facility is more task oriented, which seems to be a direct contradiction to the work that we do on a daily basis. Majority of our patients are elderly, and have some sort of mental or physical illness. The facility is staffed with nurses, certified nursing assistants, housekeepers, dietary aides, maintenance workers, social workers, admissions coordinators, and their managers. All parts working together to serve one mission, to achieve goals, and that’s to help get our short term patients out and back home as quick as possible, with the best therapy we can provide; and to maintain high quality of living for those who will make their home with us.
...ed on how to respond to information security breaches. Regardless of an organization size, there is always the risk of information breaches.
Devane, D., Gates, S., Hatem, M., Sandall, J., Soltani, H., (2009), Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women (Review), 3
Security helps the organization meet its business objectives or mission by protecting its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards. Businesses should establish roles and responsibilities of all personnel and staff members. However, a Chief Information Officer should be appointed to direct an organization’s day to day management of information assets. Supporting roles are performed by the service providers and include systems operations, whose personnel design and operate the computer systems. Each team member must be held accountable in ensuring all of the rules and policies are being followed, as well as, understanding their roles, responsibilities and functions. Organizations information processing systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage that can result in significant losses (Harris, 2014). Losses can come from actions from trusted employees that defraud the system, outside hackers, or from careless data entry. The major threat to information protection is error and omissions that data entry personnel, users, system operators and programmers make. To better protect business information resources, organizations should conduct a risk analysis to see what
For instance, you are the network superintendent for a company. You need your job to support your family. As part of your responsibility as a network administrator is to monitor the emails for the organization. this just means occasionally allow through emails for staff members that have been accidentally blocked by the spam filters. Other day you get a request from a staff member asking for
This document will outline the policies and practices to be used and implemented in compliance with DoD specifications and standards for the contract of services to be provided to them. This report will consist of creating security controls based on auditing frameworks within the seven domains. Also to develop information assurance (IA) plan, a list of the requirements for each of the seven domains.
The topic of network security is a reoccurring theme in today’s business world. There is an almost unfathomable amount of data generated, transmitted, and stored every day. Unfortunately the media and traditional reporting sources these days typically only focus on outside threats such as hackers. Many people completely overlook the insider threats that are present and can potentially pose and even bigger threat then any outside source. One of the acronyms that is constantly repeated in the security industry is the principle of CIA or confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Authorized users, whether by accident or through malicious acts, are in a unique position to threaten all three aspects of CIA.
Whitman, M., & Mattord, H. (2010). Management of information security. (3rd ed., p. 6). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Within the constitution of a nation, powers are delegated to certain institutions of that nation?s government. Although in many cases similar, nations can vary drastically when defining the organizational structure from which they operate. Some democratic constitutions delegate more power to the executive branch while in other nations more power is given to the legislature. This point can be illustrated when the same branch of a nation?s government is compared with that of another. An example of differing executive powers can be viewed between the Russian Federation and Japan.
The first thing that we must consider about Information Security is that there is not a final destination at which we can arrive. IT Security is an ongoing set of processes and activities that requires attention and expertise on a daily basis. It is important to understand that systems are not secured by themselves and it is our responsibility to maintain and improve them periodically as required. It is of vital importance to establish the appropriate mechanisms and requirements in order to support the company’s CIA triad. The following report will provide you guidance about auditing and hardening techniques applied though the 7 Domains by utilizing IT Security Best Practices.