- Building Effective, Tailored Information Security Policy - 20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel
- Computer and Information Security Policy - Formal IT security policy helps establish standards for IT resource protection by assigning program management responsibilities and providing basic rules, guidelines, and definitions for everyone in the organization. Policy thus helps prevent inconsisten
- IT Security Cookbook - An excellent guide to computer & network security with a strong focus on writing and implementing security policy. This is primarily for security managers and system administrators.
- Internet/Network Security Policy Development - How to write an effective network security policy. This is Part 4 of a 5 part tutorial on Internet and network security.
- CERT Practice Modules: Securing Desktop Workstations - Develop and promulgate an acceptable use policy for workstations.
- Policy Over Policing - InfoWorld article - It's easy to develop e-mail and Internet policies, but education and documentation are crucial to their success.
- CERT Practice Modules: Improving Security - Determine contractor ability to comply with your organization's security policy.
- Make Your Web Site P3P Compliant - How to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy, a W3C initiative, in 6 steps.
- Information Security Program Development - Security standards are needed by organizations because of the amount of information, the value of the information, and ease with which the information can be manipulated or moved.
- CERT Practice Modules: Responding to Intrusions - Establish policies and procedures for responding to intrusions.
- Structured Approach to Computer Security - A security policy is a set of rules written in general terms stating what is permitted and what is not permitted in a system during normal operation.
- Create Order with a Strong Policy - A well-written, well-run security policy prevents cracks from appearing in your network's foundation.
- Do you have an intrusion detection response plan? - Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.
- P3P Guiding Principles - Principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.
- Windows 2000 Group Policy and Security - The use of Group Policy to simplify the network security tasks that you face as a network administrator. With Group Policy, you can ensure that the machines on your network remain in a secure configuration after you deploy them.
- What's Your Policy? - If your company doesn't have written security policies, it's time it did, and Mark Edwards has some resources to help.
- Site Security Policy Development - This paper outlines some issues that the writer of a Site Computer Security Policy may need to consider when formulating such a document.
- Best Practices in Network Security - Knowing how and what to protect and what controls to put in place is difficult. It takes security management, including planning, policy development and the design of procedures.
- Internet Security Policy: A Technical Guide - Contents - This document is intended to help an organization create a coherent Internet-specific information security policy.
- ITworld.com - Security's human side - IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.
- Browsing with a Loaded Gun - A strong web Security Policy is key to keeping your company safe in the net-centric world. (PDF format)
- PKI Policy Whitepaper - Provides general information about PKI policy, the role that policy plays in a PKI and how that policy applies to both traditional and PKI-enabled business environments.
- The Information Security Forum - It has produced the standard to provide guidelines on all aspects of information security including IT, data, and computer controls.
- E-Policy - E-policy is a corporate statement and set-of-rules to protect the organization from casual or intentional abuse that could result in the release of sensitive information, IT system failures or litigation against the organization by employees or other part
- What makes a good security policy and why is one necessary? - Security does not come from automated applications, rather it is compromised of security applications or systems, processes and procedures and the personnel to implement both the systems and processes. In order to properly address security, the most fund
- Formulating a Wireless LAN Security Policy: Relevant Issues, Considerations and Implications - [Word Document] This paper represents the security issues related to the use of wireless (vs wired) LAN technology and recommends a number of key implementation guidelines to ensure the secure deployment of wireless LAN services in the company.
- How to Develop Good Security Policies and Tips on Assessment and Enforcement - [Word Document] Invest the time up front to carefully develop sound policies and then identify ways to gauge their effectiveness and assess the level of compliance within your organization. Commit to spending the time and resources required to ensure tha
- The Basics of an IT Security Policy - This paper is intended to address the importance of having a written and enforceable Information Technology (IT) security policy, and to provide an overview of the necessary components of an effective policy.
- GASSP Home Page - Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation.
- Developing an Information Security Strategy - This whitepaper describes the steps needed to develop an organization-wide information security strategy.
- Acceptable Use Policy Report - A report on Acceptable Usage Policy: what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.
- Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy - White paper providing the reader with new and innovative aspects on the process of building a Security Policy, as well as managing a Security Awareness Program.
- Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) - Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.
- Canada's Export Controls - Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.
- OSSTMM: Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual - A widely used, peer-reviewed, comprehensive methodology for performing security tests.
- Information Security Policies - Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.
- SANS InfoSec Reading Room - Articles on security policy and other information security topics.
- An Overview of Corporate Computer User Policy - Article discusses the elements of a corporate security policy, which it calls the gateway to a company`s intellectual property. The main threat to information security within a company is its employees.
- Aelita Enterprise Directory Manager - Secure "Rules and Roles" management platform that facilitates secure Exchange and Active Directory administration.
- How to Develop a Network Security Policy White Paper - This document is for business executives, and others, who want to know more about Internet and internetworking security, and what measures you can take to protect your site.
- RFC2196 (Site Security Handbook) - a guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.
- Why Security Policies Fail - Objective analysis reveals that many breaches are linked to common weaknesses in the security policy...accidents waiting to happen. This article focuses on strategic and systematic weaknesses that can slowly degrade security operations.
- Understanding the Virus Threat and Developing Effective Anti-Virus Policy - This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies.
- AmiWall.org - Proxy based system to aid in implementing employee internet use policies.
- Network Security - Internet Security for the Enterprise - Information hub for the enterprise discussing network security, storage compliance, CRM, and human resource.
- Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme - The US government agency overseeing the Common Criteria security certification Program
- World of Information Security Management - This site contains information on BS 7799 (ISO/IEC 17799)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.
- Return on Information Security Investment - Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment
- SecurityDocs - A substantial collection of papers and articles on the development and implementation of security policies.
- CobiT User Group - International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.
- Windows IT LIbrary - This paper offers wide ranging advice on the development and implementation of security policies.
- IASEP Data Security Protocol - An archive website from the Purdue Research Foundation, containing a range of example security policy sets.
- Open ISO 17799 Policies - A public collaberation to document this standard and create compliant security policies.
- SecureZone - Information portal with focus on policies, protocols and standards
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