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Thursday 2 April 2009

Enterprise Security Policy and Audits

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The main purpose of a security policy is to inform anyone that uses the enterprise's network of the requirements for protecting the enterprise's technology and information assets.

A security policy should not determine how an enterprise operates; instead, the business of the enterprise should dictate how a security policy is written. Business opportunities are what drive the need for security in the first place.

The policy should contain:

1.Acceptable use policy—Spells out what users are allowed and not allowed to do on the various components within the network; this includes the type of traffic allowed on the network. The policy should be as explicit as possible to avoid any ambiguity or misunderstanding.

2.Remote access policy—Spells out to users acceptable or unacceptable behavior when they have connected to the enterprise via the Internet, a dial−up connection, a virtual private network (VPN), or any other method of remote connectivity.

3.Incident handling policy—Addresses planning and developing procedures to handle incidents before they occur. The incident handling policy can be contained within the actual security policy.

4.Internet access policy—Defines what the enterprise considers to be ethical, proper use of its Internet connection.

5.Email policy—Defines the acceptable use of the enterprise's email systems, including personal emails and Web−based email.

6.Physical security policy—Defines controls that pertain to physical device security and access.

After you've completed the enterprise security policy, the last step is to perform regular audits. Audits not only give you a baseline by which to judge what is deemed as normal activity or network behavior, they also, in many cases, produce results that will be the first alert in the detection of a security breach. Noticing unusual events within the network can help to catch intruders before they can cause any further damage.



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