The Individual Employee With The Working Knowledge Associated With Their Work Environment

Confidentiality is the protection of information from unauthorized access. This is the assurance that information provided has not been made known to unauthorized persons, processes or devices. The application of this security service suggests information labeling and need-to-know imperatives are core aspects of the system security policy. Information, in today’s world, has value and everyone has information they wish to keep secret. Information such as credit card details, trade secrets, personal information, government documents, and many more. It was stated (Securitas Operandi™, 2008) that, we are bound to keep many secrets – corporate, staff, and personal secrets. We must keep this confidential information under wraps and earn the trust of employers, colleagues, and regulators every day. Mechanisms to enforce this include cryptography, which is, encrypting and decrypting data, access controls such as

As we all know people are where we see the biggest problems in security breaches and problems on any computer or network system. People need to understand what they are allowed and not allowed to do, this is where policies, procedures, and training come in to play.

Again though, policies are only as good as long as they are followed and staff is aware of them. More than just having a policy exist, there needs to be double checks, check lists and ongoing education. In instances

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.

* In today’s world of fast-developing technology, in which the click of mouse can dispense a plethora of information, privacy for job seekers and employees is a significant issue. One type of privacy issue in the workplace occurs when a company gathers or circulates private or personal information about employees or candidates for employment.

internal and external users to whom access to the organization’s network, data or other sensitive

The consumer expects that when using a public computer for a specified task such as printing through a service, that the data or material is protected from other users including employees. When using a public computer for internet surfing, tax filing banking, etc. the general public user does not always think about the threats to security of their own personal information. It is important for the company to protect the users in addition to the users understanding the potential threats that exist when entering personal information.

This policy establishes the guidelines that the organization follows. This would include an acceptable use policy, an authentication policy, and an incident response policy (“The IT Security Policy Guide”, n.d., pg. 6). This policy will reflect the entire organizations security posture, not just the IT department ideas. A strong policy will help employees understand what is expected of them, and explain to customers how their information is protected.

This section of the employee handbook is provided as a guideline for employees to understand the company policy and procedures regarding privacy in the workplace. While this section cannot address every possible scenario that may occur, the general policy will serve as a basis of understanding the key workplace issues and employee privacy. This section addresses privacy issues related to personal background information, off-work activities, and the corporate policy on the use of electronic monitoring. These privacy policies are designed to both provide a clear guideline for employees on the difference between job related and personal privacy. The policies are designed to create a standard set of

Company must also develop a clear structure for granting employees access to sensitive information. Not all employees need such data in order to fulfill their everyday job responsibilities. For those who need admission to sensitive information, a strong authentication mechanism must be developed, which cannot be bypassed. This will ensure that only authorized users are accessing compromising data.

The framework of security policy is defined to construct a structure by the help of which policy gaps can be identified in an easy manner. A system specific policy would assist to ensure that all employees and management comply with the policies. This is also used to maintain the confidentiality for user authentication would assist in the confidentiality aspect of security, maintain integrity (There are several limiting rules or constraints which are distinct in the relational data model and whose work is to maintain the data’s accuracy and maintain its integrity.), availability and authenticity of the system. Access controls are a collection of mechanisms that work together to create security architecture to protect the assets of an information system. One of the goals of access control is personal accountability, which is the mechanism that proves someone performed a computer activity at a specific point in time. So, the framework acts as the guideline

This policy provides a framework for the management of information security throughout Cañar Networking organization. It applies to:

Another control an organization can implement to ensure uniformity to each occurrence is polies and procedures. Well written policy and procedures, will guide the behavior of employees to act in an ethical manner.

These policies and procedures that accompany them must be regularly reviews and adjusted as the times and social standards change. Review must not only be made by IT management, but most importantly by senior level management. The senior level management will be required to uphold these policies and procedures and be ready to defend them from outside and inside forces. Change and adherence to policy are never easily implemented on the user and there will be pushback because of this. Management too will sometimes expect the policies and procedures not to apply to them as they are above this level of management. No so, because they are backed and enforced by the upper management themselves and not by the IT manager. There is more detail later in this paper.

Sanctions are effective instruments in dealing with non-compliance and crimes and is defined as tangible or intangible penalties—such as demotions, loss of reputation, reprimands, monetary or nonmonetary penalties, and unfavorable personal mention in oral or written assessment reports—incurred by an employee for noncompliance with the requirements of the ISP. So, before executing sanctions, it should be evident that the ISP and ISA were not followed as expected by an employee. Compliance is very necessary to ensure the mapped standards are achieved. Reports can be generated and used to identify gaps or problems. Corrective action and necessary follow-up can then be taken. This may take the form of formal reminders, reprimands, or additional awareness, training, or education offerings, leave without pay, etc. Also, there should be set completion date (s) for the corrective plan. Formal evaluation and feedback mechanisms are critical components of any safety attitudes within security awareness, training, and education program. Continuous improvement cannot occur without a good sense of how the existing safety program is working.