Strategic Security Guidance : Protecting Your Information And Assets

A chief information security officer is expected to oversee the organization's entire security department. This cybersecurity job requires a degree in the field and excellent communication skills. The CISO must manage other employees, so it is important that they are talented leaders and good at interpersonal communication. They work to create a team of security experts to design and implement the corporation's IT strategy.

After careful review of the current Service Level Agreement(SLA) “A Service Level Agreement for Provvision of Specified IT Services Between Finman Account Management, LLC, Datanal, Inc., and Minertek, Inc.” we have determined that standard Information Technology security measures have not been addressed fully. Following are the recommended changes highlighted in the specific sections that need to be addressed. These changes are being recommended to protect Finman’s data and intellectual property. Established standards such as Best

The purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the IT leaders who have successfully implemented security policies and procedures. Using the quantitative methodology would not be appropriate because the collected data will not be in the form of numbers and/or statistical results, and the statistical findings will not generalize the real-world problem that needs to be resolved. (Creswell, 2014). Quantitative methods are used mainly to find out the who, what, when and where and the results numerical descriptions provide where the researcher needs more of a detailed narrative (Sutton, & Austin, 2015)

To understand the role(s) of a Security Manager, a person must know what security is and what it means to an organization. According to Ortmeier, “security may be defined as a public or private service-related activity that provides personnel, equipment, and creates policies and procedures designed to prevent or reduce losses. These losses, caused by criminal action as well as by noncriminal events resulting from human error, emergencies, man-made and natural disasters, and business intelligence collection by competitors”. (2009).

The CISO has a meeting with the CIO at the end of this week. Now that the CIO is aware of the controls we've implemented to mitigate risks associated with external cyber attacks, he is interested in learning more about our internal security controls. The CISO has asked you to draft a summary on how routers can be used to reduce insider threat risks.

“Security programs are aimed at creating an appreciation and understanding of the Security Department’s objectives as they relate to the specific industry they serve” (Sennewald, 2013). Businesses come in all different sizes, some big some small. Businesses need a plan to ensure assets, personnel, and facilities are protected and this plan must be actively in place. Security programs provide businesses with the framework needed to keep a business or company at the security level needed to operate. This can be done in numerous ways. Assessing the risks involved, lessening the gravity of those risks, and keeping the security program and the security practices updated are just to name a few. In this core assessment paper, I will identify an actual organizational security program, conduct

For example a clerk will only be able to access a limited amount of information, such as inventory at each store. The limitations will be different for an accountant or the mangers. All information will be protected with several different layers of security. The first layers will be simple hardware protection for access to the network; from there the security will increase with password protection and restrictions to users. (Merkow & Breithaupt 2006)

12, 2014. Based on the EO, the Cybersecurity Framework must include a set of standards, methodologies, procedures, and processes that align policy, business, and technological approaches to address cyber risks. It must provide a prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective approach, including information security measures and controls, to help owners and operators of critical infrastructure identify, assess, and manage cyber risk. The EO will create processes which identify areas for improvement to be addressed through future collaboration with particular sectors and standards-developing organizations. Lastly, the EO must be consistent with voluntary international

In the final chapter of CompTIA Security + Study Guide eBook, it covers some great topics, key elements of implementation, support, and managing the security efforts in a company or organization. It’s important for IT Professionals to understand their role in a company/ organization. It’s also extremely important for them to understand the boundaries of security within that company/organization. Adopting best security practices while adhering to company policies will ensure that both parties are happy. There are many fines lines with security management.

When you finish this series, you are either going to dislike me, or dislike me more, and I mean this sincerely. The following is a response to the CISO Manifesto, and it is coming from the Security Service Provider / Solutions Provider sector. While I don’t represent my industry as a whole, I will present my view from the technical side of the scope. While I enjoyed the manifesto, I couldn’t help but notice the same tried and true “follow the herd” conformity roles that too many security professionals follow, especially up at the higher end of the spectrum. With that said, this series (because it will be too long to fit into one article) will attempt to offer some insight (or counters) surrounding some of the gripes described in the CISO

Securing an IT environment properly can be broken down into three basic questions. The first question to address is what assets within the organization need protection? After these assets have been identified, it is important to ask in what are they threatened? Finally, the question of what needs to be done to counteract these threats (Stallings & Brown, 2012)? By answering these questions, it is

This policy seeks to provide Pathways Industries offices guidelines in protecting company assets from vulnerabilities from physical attack. This includes not only computers and intellectual property, but access to physical areas as well. Additionally, this policy will address potential damage to assets from natural occurrences like fire, loss of power, flood and other naturally occurring disasters.

Chief information security officer (CISO) is responsible for protecting the information systems within a company. The

Security Officers must obtain a consensus for which mitigating controls are key, which can be a trying negotiation between the CISO, Chief Technology Officer, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Infrastructure Engineering, Audit and Assurance teams, and the Investment and Audit committees. How do you harness your entire organization to focus on a common agreed-upon list of key security controls?

In order to effectively implement security governance, the Corporate Governance Task Force (CGTF) recommends that organizations follow an established framework, such as the IDEAL framework from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute. This framework, which is described in the document “Information Security Governance: Call to Action,” defines the responsibilities of (1) the board of directors or trustees, (2) the senior organizational executive (i.e., CEO), (3) executive team members, (4) senior managers, and (5) all employees and users. This important document can be found at the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Web site at www.isaca.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=34997.