Demonstrate your commitment to the protection of your assets, brand and reputation
Comprehensive policies, procedures, and standards to support your business requirements
The case for implementing effective information security policies
Good information security policies are the cornerstone of governance, risk management and compliance, they help to protect the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of critical data resources. Effective policies make it possible for information security practices and procedures to be communicated, actioned and enforced across an organisation
An organisation’s information security policies provide a benchmark against which the effectiveness of security controls can be assessed, they can also help an organisation to achieve regulatory compliance
Having documented information security policies makes it possible to communicate your organisations information security policy to third parties
How we can help
Creating a functional Information security policy with operational controls is a vital component in preventing and mitigating security breaches and coordinating a cohesive response to threats
1Alpha provide services to create bespoke information security policies that reflect your organisation’s commitment to establishing, maintaining and improving an information security management system
Ongoing maintenance
Policies should encompass enterprise security throughout the organisation and consist of concise, practical, actionable and measurable goals that can be reviewed and updated as part of a program of continuous improvement
Our experienced consultants work to gain an understanding of your organisation and its goals and create a policy set tailored to your organisation, or can review and improve your existing information security policies
We can also provide ongoing maintenance and upkeep of information security policies
Services
In order to be effective, Information Security policy documentation should be bespoke to the organisation rather than using off the shelf templates
The components of an organisations policy documentation include at a minimum:
A statement of the purpose
Define the audience it applies to
Clearly set the scope
Setting the Information security objectives such as protecting the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of assets and resources
Asset management policies
Authentication and access control policies including data access authority and rules for Data owners, system administrators and users
Password management policies
Data protection and classification policies
Operational policies for the control of data including for protection, backup and retention, transfer and deletion
Physical security policies
Roles and responsibilities
Additional policies can be included as required such as: Change management, incident management, Anti malware and patch management, security awareness, cloud and third party policies, logging and monitoring, removable media, Wi-Fi policies, mobile device management, and others