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The computer security policy is a statement by management of the minimum expectations to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the corporate network and all data stored on the network. The style, content and specific objectives of each policy are dependent on the environment, security requirements and corporate culture specific to each organization.

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Resources in This Category

• Acceptable Use Policy Report

  http://members.iinet.net.au/~colinwee/mbt/acceptableuse/
  Provides a report on Acceptable Usage Policy, including what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.

• An Overview of Corporate Computer User Policy

  http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/policyissues/overview-corporate-computer-user-policy_535
  This article discusses the elements of a corporate security policy, which it refers to as the gateway to a company`s intellectual property.

• Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy

  http://www.windowsecurity.com/pages/security-policy.pdf
  A 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.

• Building Effective, Tailored Information Security Policy

  http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/1997/panels/isptg/pescatore/html/
  Presents the presentation of the 20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel.

• Canada's Export Controls

  http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html
  Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.

• CobiT User Group

  http://www.controlit.org/
  International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.

• Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme

  http://www.niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/
  Provides details of the US government scheme which is widely known as 'Common Criteria'.

• Do you have an intrusion detection response plan?

  http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/0913sec1.html
  Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.

• GASSP Home Page

  http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-14/800-14.pdf
  Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation.

• How to Develop Good Security Policies and Tips on Assessment and Enforcement

  http://www.giac.org/paper/gsec/1811/develop-good-security-policies-tips-assessment-enforcement/102142
  [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 that the policies are kept current and accurately reflect your company's security posture.

• Information Security Policies

  http://www.neupart.com/
  Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.

• Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM)

  http://www.isecom.org/
  Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.

• IT Security at MIT

  http://ist.mit.edu/security
  Provides a wide range of policies, papers and related resources to support secure computing.

• IT Security Cookbook

  http://boran.com/security/
  A guide to computer and network security with a strong focus on writing and implementing security policies. This is primarily intended for security managers and system administrators.

• ITworld.com - Security's human side

  http://www.itworld.com/article/2794721/business/security-s-human-side.html
  IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.

• Make Your Web Site P3P Compliant

  http://www.w3.org/P3P/details.html
  Describes how to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy,. A W3C initiative, in six steps.

• OSSTMM: Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual

  http://www.isecom.org/research/osstmm.html
  A widely used, peer-reviewed, methodology for performing security tests.

• P3P Guiding Principles

  http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-P3P10-principles
  Defines the principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.

• Return on Information Security Investment

  http://www.adrianmizzi.com/
  Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment

• RFC2196 (Site Security Handbook)

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2196
  A guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.

• SANS InfoSec Reading Room

  http://www.sans.org/reading-room/
  Articles on security policies and other information security topics.

• The Basics of an IT Security Policy

  http://www.giac.org/paper/gsec/1863/basics-security-policy/103278
  This paper is intended to explain 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.

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/InformationSecurity/index.html
  Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.

• Understanding the Virus Threat and Developing Effective Anti-Virus Policy

  http://www.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/malicious/understanding-virus-threat-developing-effective-anti-virus-policy_135
  This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies.

• What Makes A Good Security Policy?

  http://www.giac.org/paper/gsec/1691/good-security-policy-necessary/103074
  Offers a paper presenting the core elements of security, and arguing that in order to properly address security, the most fundamental item necessary is a security policy.

 

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