All companies and organizations have information that must be secured. This information is secured using security policies and standards. These security policies are practiced by the employees and written for the information systems. The employees will use the policies for the system to protect the information. The roles of the employees are also considered for the protection of information. Role-based access control (RBAC) is another way that a company or organization can use for policies and standards.
Security Policy
Companies and organizations use security policies to protect information. A security policy is a document that informs a company how to protect the physical and information technology (Rouse, 2007). The security policy document would be constantly updated with any changes in the company's information. A company with multiple systems that contain different information must have the security policies to protect the information. Security policies can be used within companies and organizations for the different systems. The policies would be used for the systems to write how the systems would work and function. The policies have rules that would tell how the systems would function. Some rules that need to be followed by companies when creating policies include never conflict with law, be able to stand up in court if challenged, and be properly supported and administered (Whitman & Mattford, "Ch 4: Information Security Policy," 2010). The rules and policies would also need to pass any questions that may arise on the policies. The questions would be from management or the law to make sure the policies for the systems are adequate. Any questions that do arise, the company would have to show the policies are protecti...
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... the company or organization's information. The security roles of employees within the company and organization are responsible for the important information. Role-back Access Control will allow the company and organization to keep track of the users.
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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
The article “Security at Center Stage” depicts five secrets to a CSO’s success; it outlines the attributes needed to obtain success in the evolving field of security management. With the evolving role of a CSO there is a great necessity to satisfy all levels of need in the security and business setting. According to the article “Security at Center Stage” a CSO’s success is contingent on being “more that the average techie”, having a “focus on business”, being a “relationship builder”, requiring “an eye toward pervasive security”, and implementing a “dual reporting structure.”
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Create a team with the following areas of expertise: Human Resources (HR), Legal, Technology, and other key business lines. The HR, Legal, and Technology team members will have a good understanding of the current policies related to information security. Moreover, such a team will be a fair representation of each area of the organization. Information Security Awareness needs to be an organizational-wide effort and must be presented in the same manner. (Wilson, M. & Hash, J,2003)
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