This paper outlines some considerations addressing a number of control objectives that is needed when designing an effective security program. The COBIT framework will be utilized to provide control objectives in IT and “Ensure Systems Security”, that covers many of the areas outlined in this paper. The PCS Security Program will adopt a risk management approach to information security. This requires the identification and mitigation of vulnerabilities and threats that can adversely impact PCS information assets. This Information Security Program Charter serves as the high point document for the PCS Information Security Program. I. Scope: This Information Security Program Charter and associated policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures …show more content…
apply to all employees, contractors, part-time and temporary workers, and those employed by others to perform work on PCS premises or who have been granted access to PCS information or systems .
II. Information Security Program Mission Statement Program will use a risk management approach to develop and implement Information Security policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures that address security objectives in tandem with business and operational considerations. The Information Security Program will develop policies to define protection and management objectives for information assets. The Information Security Program will also define acceptable use of PCS information assets. The Information Security Program will attempt to reduce vulnerabilities by developing policies to monitor, identify, assess, prioritize, and manage vulnerabilities and threats. The management activities will support organizational objectives for mitigating, responding to and recovering from identified vulnerabilities and threats. III. Ownership and Responsibilities The Chief Information Officer (CIO) approves the State of PCS Information Security Program Charter. The Information Security Program Charter assigns executive ownership of and accountability for PCS Information Security Program to the Chief Information …show more content…
Officer (CIO). The CIO must approve Information Security policies. The CIO will appoint a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to implement and manage the Information Security Program across PCS. The CISO is responsible for the development of PCS Information Security policies, standards and guidelines. The CISO must approve Information Security standards and guidelines, and ensure their consistency with approved Information Security policies. The CISO also will establish an Information Security Awareness Program to ensure that the Information Security Charter and associated policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures are properly communicated and understood across PCS. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) will establish a list of Agency Security Officers. The Lead IT Coordinator of each agency will be designated the Agency Security Officer unless the agency designates someone else. The role of the Agency Security Officer includes submitting security requests, reviewing access logs, reviewing authorization reports, and being the main point of contact between ITD and the agency regarding security issues. ITD is accountable for the execution of PCS Information Security Program and ensuring that the Information Security Program Charter and associated policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures are properly communicated and understood within PCS agencies. State agencies are responsible for defining, approving and implementing Information Security procedures in their agencies and ensuring their consistency with approved Information Security policies and standards. All individuals, groups, or organizations identified in the scope of this Charter are responsible for familiarizing themselves with PCS Information Security Program Charter and complying with its associated policies. IV.
Enforcement and Exception Handling Failure to comply with PCS Information Security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures can result in disciplinary actions up to and including termination of employment for employees or termination of contracts for contractors, partners, consultants, and other entities. Legal actions also may be taken for violations of applicable regulations and laws. Requests for exceptions PCS Information Security policies, standards, and guidelines should be made on the Request for Exceptions to Information Technology Standards & Policy form (SFN 51687) and submitted to the IT Planning Division of the Information Technology Department. Exceptions shall be permitted only on receipt of written approval from the Information Technology
Department. V. Review and Revision PCS Information Security policies, standards, and guidelines shall be reviewed under the supervision of the CISO, at least annually or upon significant changes to the operating or business environment, to assess their adequacy and appropriateness. Approved: _______________________________________________________ Signature Wayne Champagnie Chief Information Officer
Therefore, a reassessment of the controls we have in place would be necessary. Ed’s previously mentioned tasks, when completed, will lay the foundations for our revamped security system. To supplement this, we will need to rework our security policies and create an incident response plan. This will include creation of a RACI matrix so that everyone is aware what role they play in the successful implementation of this plan. As we are storing credit card data, we should also consider being PCI DSS compliant. This would require us to conduct an audit of our current systems and run it by a checklist to make sure we are up to the required standards of PCI. Furthermore, we will need to appoint a dedicated Chief Information Security Officer whose task will be to develop the company’s long term information security program which will align with the company’s
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The way forward lays in a security risk management (SRM) approach that protects your company from the most severe threats to critical IT systems and operational processes. SRM helps your organization understand its assets and analyze the vulnerabilities it must address. Security risk management also facilitates internal and external compliance initiatives. It enables your organization to enforce policies that relate to the integrity of customer data, the configuration of corporate applications and databases, and the accuracy of financial reports. Companies that take a systematic approach to SRM reap additional benefits: operational efficiencies that lead to better management of resources and reduced costs. It's up to all the parties involved in the IT operations and security mission to demonstrate that they can take on the demands of this new challenge.
“To assist organizations in making the appropriate selection of security controls for information systems, the concept of baseline controls is introduced. Baseline controls are the starting point for the security control selection process (Gallagher, 2015)”. “There are three distinct types of security control designations related to the security controls that define: (1) the scope of applicability for the control; (2) the shared nature of the control; and (3) the responsibility for control development, implementation, assessment, and authorization (Gallagher, 2015)”.The security control designations include common controls, system-specific controls, and hybrid
ISO 27001: Information Security Management System: This standard helps organizations implement security as a system versus numerous controls put in place to solve seemingly isolated issues. The standard includes handling of electronic information as well as paper-based information. From the management perspective, this standard, main contribution is to formalize the concept of risk assessments and organize information security as a quality improvement activity. The standard includes the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) concept as well as the principle of continually assessing the organization, not just episodically (Murphy, 2015).
ISO 27002’s purpose is to provide an all-inclusive information security management program for any organization requiring a new information security management program, or wants to improve its existing policies.
Risk Management Theory. The Risk Management Theory has been around for quite some time. According to Hong, Chi, Chao, and Tang (2003), risks pertaining to IT security can be measured and evaluated by means of assessing potential attack vectors, and susceptibilities to the organization’s systems and processes. The authors suggest that the outcome of this evaluation allows for the identification of essential security programs and the employment of IT security controls to mitigate these risks. The intended outcome of utilizing this theory is to manage risks until they are at a permissible state. The Risk Management Theory, while broad in nature, does not encompass enough of the information security and risk...
Security management within the context of information systems “needs a paradigm shift in order to successfully protect information assets” (Eloff & Eloff, 2003). Due the rapid increase in information security threats, security management measures have been taken to proactively remedy the growing threat facing information security. As a result of this, security management “is becoming more complex everyday, many organization’s security systems are failing, with serious results” (Fumey-Nassah, 2007). To remedy the increase threats to information security systems, organizations are seeking alternatives to network vulnerabilities from malicious attacks. There are several management measures that organizations must take to fully understand the vulnerabilities at stake.
According to the authors, there is no consistent security policy so far but many authors have proposed to cover this phenomenon. IT specialist must have sense about these issues because of the aim for information security management based on authors are planning, forming consensus, organization, drafting, implementing and reviewing.
Whitman, M. & Mattord, H. (2010). Mangement of information security. (p. 339). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
The first thing that we must consider about Information Security is that there is not a final destination at which we can arrive. IT Security is an ongoing set of processes and activities that requires attention and expertise on a daily basis. It is important to understand that systems are not secured by themselves and it is our responsibility to maintain and improve them periodically as required. It is of vital importance to establish the appropriate mechanisms and requirements in order to support the company’s CIA triad. The following report will provide you guidance about auditing and hardening techniques applied though the 7 Domains by utilizing IT Security Best Practices.
Computers of all kinds within an organisation are constantly faced with a variety of risks and exposures. It is helpful if we first define these terms:
Information security (IS) in modern organizations is of vital importance. Modern era of technology brings certain threats to information security but mostly are from internal factors. Enterprises ensures the need of safeguarding information by analysing information security risk for the business. The risk is managed by defining and implementing information security policies. The paper highlights that support from the senior management is essential in almost all decisions for securing information resource. Access controls and privileges assists in information assurance. Investment in information security controls depends upon measuring the business impact of threats. The paper concludes that security culture within an organization is the key factor that influences successful utilization of security measures and policies. All representatives of an enterprise should be made aware of their responsibility in regards to information security that results in framing IS culture within an organization.
I would like to start this essay by defining Information Security, and to do so I went to visit one of the most internationally authoritative IT Governance associations, ISACA. "ISACA defines information security as something that: Ensures that within the enterprise, information is protected against disclosure to unauthorized users (confidentiality), improper modification (integrity) and non- access when required (availability)." (ISACA.org, 2017)
computer security safe guards the computer in three ways by failure of availibility, intengrity and confideliaty or privacy. Failure of availbility is the denial of service for which is a serious threat to life and society as now more are more dependent on computers. Integrity is the returning of programs exactly as what they are. Any modifications to programs must be made only by an authorized person to maintain the accuracy, quality and precisoin of the data. The third one is the privacy which is an inappropriate disclouser of data. A security policy is the one that defines the actions to be authorized, access to resources and what to be protected against what threat in order to achieve the ...