20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel

Formal IT security policy helps establish standards for IT resource protection by assigning program management responsibilities and providing basic rules, guidelines, and definitions for everyone in the organization. Policy thus helps prevent inconsistencies that can introduce risks, and policy serves as a basis for the enforcement of more detailed rules and procedures.

An excellent guide to computer & network security with a strong focus on writing and implementing security policy. This is primarily for security managers and system administrators.

How to write an effective network security policy. This is Part 4 of a 5 part tutorial on Internet and network security.

Develop and promulgate an acceptable use policy for workstations.

InfoWorld article - It's easy to develop e-mail and Internet policies, but education and documentation are crucial to their success.

Determine contractor ability to comply with your organization's security policy.

How to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy, a W3C initiative, in 6 steps.

Security standards are needed by organizations because of the amount of information, the value of the information, and ease with which the information can be manipulated or moved.

Establish policies and procedures for responding to intrusions.

A security policy is a set of rules written in general terms stating what is permitted and what is not permitted in a system during normal operation.

A well-written, well-run security policy prevents cracks from appearing in your network's foundation.

Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.

Principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.

The use of Group Policy to simplify the network security tasks that you face as a network administrator. With Group Policy, you can ensure that the machines on your network remain in a secure configuration after you deploy them.

If your company doesn't have written security policies, it's time it did, and Mark Edwards has some resources to help.

This paper outlines some issues that the writer of a Site Computer Security Policy may need to consider when formulating such a document.

Knowing how and what to protect and what controls to put in place is difficult. It takes security management, including planning, policy development and the design of procedures.

This document is intended to help an organization create a coherent Internet-specific information security policy.

IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.

A strong web Security Policy is key to keeping your company safe in the net-centric world. (PDF format)

Provides general information about PKI policy, the role that policy plays in a PKI and how that policy applies to both traditional and PKI-enabled business environments.

It has produced the standard to provide guidelines on all aspects of information security including IT, data, and computer controls.

E-policy is a corporate statement and set-of-rules to protect the organization from casual or intentional abuse that could result in the release of sensitive information, IT system failures or litigation against the organization by employees or other parties.

Security does not come from automated applications, rather it is compromised of security applications or systems, processes and procedures and the personnel to implement both the systems and processes. In order to properly address security, the most fundamental item necessary is a security policy.

[Word Document] This paper represents the security issues related to the use of wireless (vs wired) LAN technology and recommends a number of key implementation guidelines to ensure the secure deployment of wireless LAN services in the company.

[Word Document] Invest the time up front to carefully develop sound policies and then identify ways to gauge their effectiveness and assess the level of compliance within your organization. Commit to spending the time and resources required to ensure that the policies are kept current and accurately reflect your company's security posture.

This paper is intended to address the importance of having a written and enforceable Information Technology (IT) security policy, and to provide an overview of the necessary components of an effective policy.

Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation.

This whitepaper describes the steps needed to develop an organization-wide information security strategy.

A report on Acceptable Usage Policy: what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.

White paper providing the reader with new and innovative aspects on the process of building a Security Policy, as well as managing a Security Awareness Program.

Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.

Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.

A widely used, peer-reviewed, comprehensive methodology for performing security tests.

Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.

Article discusses the elements of a corporate security policy, which it calls the gateway to a company`s intellectual property. The main threat to information security within a company is its employees.

Secure "Rules and Roles" management platform that facilitates secure Exchange and Active Directory administration.

This document is for business executives, and others, who want to know more about Internet and internetworking security, and what measures you can take to protect your site.

a guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.

Objective analysis reveals that many breaches are linked to common weaknesses in the security policy...accidents waiting to happen. This article focuses on strategic and systematic weaknesses that can slowly degrade security operations.

This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies.

Proxy based system to aid in implementing employee internet use policies.

Information hub for the enterprise discussing network security, storage compliance, CRM, and human resource.

The US government agency overseeing the Common Criteria security certification Program

Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.

Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment

A substantial collection of papers and articles on the development and implementation of security policies.

International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.

This paper offers wide ranging advice on the development and implementation of security policies.

An archive website from the Purdue Research Foundation, containing a range of example security policy sets.

A public collaberation to document this standard and create compliant security policies.

Information portal with focus on policies, protocols and standards

This site contains information on BS 7799 (ISO/IEC 17799)