Language of Security
This term refers to instructions from management that inform the workplace about proper behavior with information assets.
What is information security policy?
This process ensures that policies are effectively communication to employees, through paper, email, posts, or software.
What is policy distribution?
This type of remains unchanged over time, providing consistent guidelines regardless of evolving threats or technology.
What is a static policy?
A detailed statement of what must be done to comply with policy, sometimes viewed as the rules governing policy compliance.
What are standards?
This aspect of policy implementation ensures that all employees have access to formats they can understand.
What is policy reading?
This type of policy evolves in response to new threats, technological changes, or organizational needs.
What is a dynamic policy?
A statement of managerial intent designed to guide and regulate employee behavior in an organization.
What is policy?
This policy aspect ensures employees acknowledge and agree to follow security policies, often through signatures, agreements, or contracts.
What is policy compliance?
The high-level information security policy that sets the strategic direction, scope, and tone for all of an organizations security efforts.
What is an Enterprise Information Security Policy (EISP)?
This policy approach assigns clear responsibility to a specific department buy may lead to scattered and incomplete coverage.
What is the Individual Policy Approach?
These are examples of actions that show compliance with policies, such as requiring employees to change passwords semiannually to follow security recommendations.
What are practices?
This principle ensures that security policies are applied consistently across all employees, with no exceptions, to maintain legal integrity and fairness.
What is policy enforcement?
An organizational policy that provides detailed, targeted guidance to instruct all members of the organization in the use of a resource.
What is an Issue-Specific Security Policy (ISSP)?
This policy approach provides strong central control and ensures complete topic coverage buy may overgeneralize issues.
What is the Comprehensive Policy Approach?
These are recommendations for compliance that help guide employees on how to align with security policies but do not mandate specific actions.
What are guidelines?
This aspect of policy implementation ensures employees not only receive policy documents but also understand their requirements.
What is policy comprehension?
Organizational policies that often function as standards or procedures to be used when configuring or maintaining systems.
What is a System-Specific Security Policy (SysSP)?
This policy approach balances aspects of both individual and comprehensive ISSP methods but can be more expensive and complex to manage.
What is the Modular Policy Approach?