A security policy can be as broad as you want it to be from everything related to IT security and associated physical assets' security, but enforceable in its full scope.
Creating an effective security policy and taking steps to ensure compliance is a critical step to prevent and mitigate security breaches. To make your security policy truly useful, update it in response to changes in your company, new threats, conclusions drawn from previous violations, and other changes to your security posture. Star IT Service offers a security policy framework, guidelines, architectural plan, incident response process and development of training materials to help any organisation committed to developing a long-term security strategy essential for achieving institutional effectiveness and managerial competence.
First state the purpose of the policy which may be to:
Define the audience to whom the information security policy applies. You may also specify which audiences are out of the policy's scope (for example, staff in another business unit that manages security separately may not be in the policy area).
Guide your management team to agree on well-defined objectives for strategy and security. Information security focuses on three main goals:
can make or break your security program. Insufficient information and data classification may leave your systems open to attacks. Additionally, lack of inefficient management of resources might incur overhead expenses. A precise classification policy helps organisations take control of the distribution of their security assets.
should work together to meet compliance and security requirements. Lack of cooperation between departments may lead to configuration errors. Teams that work together can coordinate risk assessment and identification through all departments to reduce risks.
helps initiate appropriate remediation actions during security incidents. A security incident strategy provides a guideline, including initial threat response, priorities identification, and appropriate fixes.