Policy must be practical and to the point


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May 15, 2008

Policy must be practical and to the point

What is security? It has to be practical. Many organisations have risk management policies which read like War and Peace and one that I came across recently was more than 100 pages long.

I gave it to a student to read and he told me he didn’t know if it was a policy, a standard or a guide, and he didn’t understand anything in the document itself. There was at least a written policy, but it was over-complicated and did not deliver proactive security.

A lot of organisations have standards in place but the question is: Do they follow the standards? And does anybody really care?

A two-page security policy can capture the user requirement. They should not have to understand every detail about the organisation. The security policy should be there to assist the business to deliver its mission it should not be used to hit people over the heads when things go wrong.

Credit report supplier Experian is an example of an organisation that is very aware of its profile in the market, and it went to extra exceptional lengths to deliver security.
One of the challenges Experian had was to seek certification under the ISO 17799 standard, so that the business delivered good, sound, security practice. The certification was put in place and paid dividends.

Many organisations may not consider security enough when building new
systems. When deploying operating systems, applications or any other part of your infrastructure, it is important to consider how security can be best enabled.

An example is free file encryption, which came with Windows 2000 onward. People who have lost laptops often say they couldn’t afford encryption, but, in fact, they usually already own it. Encryption is not infallible, but it does heighten the security barrier.

One of the major concerns that many organisations have today is the amount of devices that users bring to work USB devices, iPods and so on.

Each and every connection in the corporate environment poses risk. If blocking technology is deployed to cope with this, the number of devices often shown to be connected to the network is very scary. It shows a lack of controls if full use of adequate technical security to monitor usability is not made.

This is not about a user coming in to attack the system; it is users who do what they can because they can do it.

A security policy is written for 99.9 per cent of users, but the clever user who is really there to attack a system is the one who knows about the policy and has read it thoroughly.

Some users will always abuse their rights, they will pose consistent and constant challenges.

Source: Vnunet.Com

	All news for July 03, 2008:
	14:06	Information Security Management: The Basics
	14:06	Industry View: Web Application Security Today - Are We All Insane?
	14:04	Ignore Malware? Some Leaders Imply Yes
	14:02	Chinese bloggers evade great firewall
	13:01	HMRC blunder leads to further private data leak
	12:54	Reports reveal poor security practices behind data losses
	12:53	Thieves steal millions from Citibank customers
	12:51	Trojans stop play for web gamers
	12:50	Google open sources RatProxy security tool
	12:48	IBM Develops Audio-masking Technology
	12:40	ATO admits callers are 'chopped off'
	12:39	E-security review to probe broadband network
	12:37	Stolen: Google's employee records
	12:33	Microsoft trumpets security additions in upcoming IE8
	12:32	Mozilla patches 13 bugs in Firefox 2
	All news for July 02, 2008:
	16:50	Start-up nexTier debuts data-leak prevention appliance
	16:49	ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking
	16:47	UK scientists demo graphic passwords
	16:46	SecureWorks unmasks the Coreflood Trojan
	16:45	Web threats hit 12-month high
	16:43	Malware growth slowing, say experts
	16:42	World of Warcraft Trojan spreads from Asia
	16:42	Hackers hit Sony PS3 website
	16:41	SMEs failing at IT security
	16:37	Hacking Tools: A New Version of BackTrack Helps Ethical Hackers
	16:36	Hands On: 12 Quick Hacks for Firefox 3
	16:35	Swedish Data Inspection Protects Messy Apartment Dwellers
	16:06	DIAC security threatened by flood of contractors
	16:02	Lords questions gov't over web-data retention laws
	16:00	Barclays gives online users free Kaspersky software
	16:00	Report: Outdated browsers put 637m users at risk
	15:57	Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords
	15:57	Unstructured data at risk in most firms, survey finds
	15:55	Microsoft scrutinizes WSUS patch snafu
	15:53	Apple OS update fixes Adobe corruption bug

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