Information Security Policies What are they? DMM Information Security Policies

Information Security Policy should give … a clear direction for all users have management support a suitable degree of authority a means by which compliance can be checked a legally agreed response in the event of it being violated. DMM Information Security Policies

Why is a policy required? informal understandings and chats in the corridor can prove insufficient need to providing the entire company with clear, concise guidelines increasing legal and regulatory pressures reduce risk of information loss or damage improve efficiency DMM Information Security Policies

Information Security Policies Policy contents: a set of objectives Include basic principles include statements such as ‘We will operate on a “need-to know” basis’ (or conversely, ‘on a “need-to-restrict” basis’). establish agreed roles and responsibilities lists of company procedures or processes DMM Information Security Policies

Examples of procedures: fault reporting incident reporting incident management user ID addition/removal server backup access rights relating to company hierarchy DMM Information Security Policies

Information Security Policies Policies standards: Approved policy standards, such as: British Standards (BSMI) or ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Forum (ISF) The Standard of Good Practice (SOGP) Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) DMM Information Security Policies

Information Security Policies ITIL - www.itil.co.uk is a collection of best practices in IT service management ITIL is used in public and private sectors internationally supported by a comprehensive qualification scheme and accredited training organisations. best practice in information security management DMM Information Security Policies

Information Security Policies Exercise Find an Information Security policy for a large organisation on the web. Universities, public organisations like the NHS very often publish Describe the key features Suggest additions – do they include the use of mobile technology, use of social media? DMM Information Security Policies