BLTYH’S BOOKS INCIDENT SECURITY MANAGEMENT POLICY AND THE ISO/IEC 27035
The ISO/IEC 27035 standard embodies the acceptable practice for the management of information security and ascertains the guidelines for the initiation, execution, maintenance and enhancement of information security management in organisations. The ISO 27035 standard is proposed to be a guide for emergent organisations in developing and implementing their information security policies. The implementation of this standard will improve an organisation’s capability of tackling information security incidents adequately as well as allay the negative effects of such incidents either directly or otherwise on their business operations. Proposed by this standard are five phases which organisations are encouraged to adopt in preparing for information security incidents.
Blyth’s Books information security incident management policy needs to reflect the advised activities expressed in the five phases of incident management to be ISO 27035 compliant.
PLAN AND PREPARE
The plan and prepare phase is quite broad. This phase comprises of the establishment of a comprehensive incident management structure, the formation of an Information Security Incident Response Team (ISIRT), creating awareness for the incident management structure and the testing of such structure. Blyth’s Books should include in their incident management policy a more comprehensive review of the vulnerabilities that are presently associated with their
Sadly, there is no way to alleviate the numerous amounts of threats that haunt networks and computers worldwide. The foundation and framework for choosing and implementing countermeasures against them are very important. A written policy is vital in helping to insure that everyone within the organization understands and behaves in an appropriate manner with regards to the fact that sensitive data and the security of software should be kept safe.
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The National Incident Management System (NIMS) which was created in 2003 based on existing structures provides framework for all types of incidence throughout the country. It aimed at uniting all those involves in incident management together for a common goal of successful management of incidents. Some notable benefits of NIMS include integration of incident
This policy provides a framework for the management of information security throughout Cañar Networking organization. It applies to:
In today’s IT world every organization has a responsibility to protect the information and sensitive data they have. Protecting data is not only responsibility of security and IT staff but every individual is involved in protecting the information. The risks to information security are not digital only, but it involves technology, people and process that an organization may have. These threats may represent the problems that are associated to complex and expensive solution, but doing nothing about these risks is not the solution.
A sound information security policy begins with an understanding of what is the current climate, which can consist of policies, regulations, and laws. It is imperative to understand what legislation your line of business must comply with as well any applicable governance requirements. Beginning with defining what is a policy, a guideline and a standard: a policy provides specific requirements or rules to abide by, which can be either at the governmental level, meaning a statute and/or organization-specific directive; also known as administrative law. According to the SANS Institute (n/d), a leading cooperative research and education organization, a standard can be an amalgam of requirements that is applicable to the user body; and a guideline can be considered akin to a recommendation for a best practice (SANS Institute, n/d). Current government policies can be issued by federal, state, local and/or tribal
According to Whitman and Mattord (2010), The ISO 27000 series is one of the most widely referenced security models. Referencing ISO/IEC 27002 (17799:2005), the major process steps include: risk assessment and treatment, security policy, organization of information security, asset management, human resources security, physical and environmental security, communications and operations management, access control, information systems acquisition, development, and maintenance, information security incident management, business continuity management, and compliance
Will be reviewing professional and scholarly publications to find additional and current research on cyber-incidents. However, most seem to be focused on incident response which might be advantageous to improve the process of updating centralized incident database.
Incident information disclosure is an important, circuitous concern that requires acceptable centralized procedures in place to facilitate incident response processes and do not cause more harm for the organization and its audiences. Keeping information and operations secured, appropriately is of basic importance for any organization, which becomes the assignment of cyber
The risks that face an organization are going to always be present. However, an incident response plan outlines procedures for handling security incidents that occur within the organization and for correcting and documenting the security issue in a timely manner. The incident response team is trained to effectively implement the incident response plan. By containing an attack, and limiting the amount of time that an attack is allowed to continue, further risks to the organization can be mitigated.
The information security incident management policy of Blyth’s Books was created in 2010 and has been reviewed four times in five years. Those covered by its scope are clearly stated. It stresses the importance of incident management to the organisation and has the support of upper level management.
The ISO/IEC 27000-series consist of information security standards published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electro technical Commission (IEC). In accordance with ISO/IEC 2700, we begin to define the guidelines to support the interpretation and implementation of information
Information security professional’s job is to deploy the right safeguards, evaluating risks against critical assets and to mitigate those threats and vulnerabilities. Management can ensure their company’s assets, such as data, remain intact by finding the latest technology and implementing the right policies. Risk management focuses on analyzing risk and mitigating actions to reduce that risk. Successful implementation of security safeguards depends on the knowledge and experience of information security staff. This paper addresses the methods and fundamentals on how to systematically conduct risk assessments on the security risks of information systems.
A security administrator can look to the Information Technology- Code of Practice for Information Security Management, ISO 17799/BS 7799 as well as ISO 17799/BS 7799, the NIST Security Models including the SP 800-12, 14, 18, 26, and 30, and the VISA International Security Model are just a few of the established security frameworks available.