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Make Your Web Site P3P Compliant - http://www.w3.org/P3P/details.html
How to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy, a W3C initiative, in 6 steps. |
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SANS InfoSec Reading Room - http://www.sans.org/rr/
Articles on security policy and other information security topics. |
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.cms.hhs.gov/InformationSecurity/
Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification. |
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GASSP Home Page - http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-14/800-14.pdf
Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation. |
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Canada's Export Controls - http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html
Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software. |
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Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme - http://www.niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/
Provides details of this US government scheme. |
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Best Practices in Network Security - http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/article.cfm?articleid=42&PID=372347
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. |
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SecureZone - http://www.securezone.com
Information portal with focus on policies, protocols and standards |
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CobiT User Group - http://www.controlit.org
International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology. |
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Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy - http://www.windowsecurity.com/pages/security-policy.pdf
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. |
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The Basics of an IT Security Policy - http://www.giac.org/practical/jack_albright_gsec.doc
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. |
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Policy Over Policing - http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/96/34/e01-34.55.htm
InfoWorld article - It's easy to develop e-mail and Internet policies, but education and documentation are crucial to their success. |
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Formulating a Wireless LAN Security Policy: Relevant Issues, Considerations and Implications - http://www.giac.org/practical/David_Quay_GSEC.doc
[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. |
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What makes a good security policy and why is one necessary? - http://www.giac.org/practical/Caroline_Reyes_GSEC.doc
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. |
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Information Security Program Development - http://www.blackmagic.com/ses/bruceg/progmgt.html
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. |
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Understanding the Virus Threat and Developing Effective Anti-Virus Policy - http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=135
This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies. |
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A Structured Approach to Computer Security - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/241365.html
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. |
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FISMApedia - http://www.fismapedia.org
An information resource for Federal IT security policy, including the FISMA, HSPD-12, FDCC, DIACAP, NIACAP and OMB directives. |
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Windows 2000 Group Policy and Security - http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/9169/group-policy-and-security.html
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. |
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ITworld.com - Security's human side - http://www.itworld.com/Man/3903/IWD010529securityshuman/
IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product. |
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Windows IT LIbrary - http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/121/07/1.html?Ad=1&
This paper offers wide ranging advice on the development and implementation of security policies. |
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What's Your Policy? - http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/9764/whats-your-policy.html
If your company doesn't have written security policies, it's time it did, and Mark Edwards has some resources to help. |
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How to Develop Good Security Policies and Tips on Assessment and Enforcement - http://www.giac.org/practical/Kerry_McConnell_GSEC.doc
[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. |
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Browsing with a Loaded Gun - http://www.securitytechnet.com/resource/rsc-center/vendor-wp/pentasafe/LoadedGun.pdf
A strong web Security Policy is key to keeping your company safe in the net-centric world. |
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Internet/Network Security Policy Development - http://netsecurity.about.com/compute/netsecurity/library/weekly/aa080299.htm?iam=mt
How to write an effective network security policy. This is Part 4 of a 5 part tutorial on Internet and network security. |