New “IT Security Made Easy” platform automates key compliance requirements of new DFS cyber data protection law May 4, 2017 – Information Shield – a leading provider of IT security compliance software – announced support for the new NYS Department of Financial Services (DFS) Cyber Law. Information Shield’s compliance software platform dramatically reduces the time and […]
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To be effective, information security policies need to be read and understood by every member of the organization. This seemingly simple requirement is now becoming a standard practice to reduce risk, comply with regulations and demonstrate due-diligence. Why is this control so important and how can it be done in practice? Regulatory Requirements Every regulatory […]
Often it is difficult to justify security policy development to management. In many cases, this is due to a lack of understanding on just how detailed and complex policy writing can be. "Just go find a template on the internet." For those of you who have tried this approach, you quickly discover that there is [...]
Five Best Practices from NIST 800-53 In April 2013, NIST made the final updates to their complete catalog of information security requirements, Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 – Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations. The catalog is BIG – it contains hundreds of information security and data privacy requirements organized into […]
This article will explore five serious problems preventing information security policies from being implemented, even though these policies may have been written with the best of intentions. Cutting across all five of these causative factors is a theme involving a lack of understanding about the nature of policies. All too often policies are written in […]
Security Quality Control: There is much to recommend about the ISO 9000 quality control approach as it is applies to the discipline of information security. In fact the ISO 27001 standard, entitled Information Security Management System (ISMS), in large measure reflects that same methodology. In other words, ISO 27001 suggests a continuous improvement approach to [...]
Never Say Never: In the absence of further information, written information security policies are by default generally considered information that is "for internal use only" or "restricted." There are many good reasons to refuse to release information security policies to outsiders. But the trend these days is towards greater transparency, greater accountability, and a more [...]
In this paper we develop a cost model for estimating the Total Cost of Policy Management (TCPM). This paper is designed to help organizations estimate the true costs of ongoing policy management by understanding the details of each phase of security policy management. The Total Cost of Information Security Policy Management
There are many security and privacy regulations that are very specific about the proper assignment of security responsibilities. Yet in many organizations, the information security effort is not managed with the same precision as other disciplines. There are a variety of reasons for this, not the least of which is that information security is a [...]
Security Policy University is blog devoted to IT or information security professionals responsible for writing, publishing, maintaining and enforcing information security and data privacy policies. The blog has posts from a variety of experts in the field of information security and data privacy and encourages thoughtful comments. This Information Security Policy University blog is maintained [...]
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