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RE: Reviewing Policies and Procedures

Subject: RE: Reviewing Policies and Procedures
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:45:19 -0500
Folks, 

Charles Cresson Wood http://www.baselinesoft.com/products.html is an
excellent resource to have.

In addition, you might want to look into Callio  http://callio.com/. It is a
policy definition and deployment software based on ISO17799.  

Cheers, 
IK

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Caston [mailto:mattcaston@mchsi.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 2:39 PM
To: Chris Downing
Cc: security-management@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Reviewing Policies and Procedures


Chris Downing wrote:

Another popular one I've used, also based on the ISO standard, is NetIQ's
"Security Polcicies Made Easy."

Chris Downing  CISM CISSP

-----Original Message-----
From: arif.jatmoko@sea.ccamatil.com [mailto:arif.jatmoko@sea.ccamatil.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:18 AM
To: security-management@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Reviewing Policies and Procedures




Hi,

The best sources for policy and procedure are based on ISO17799, the common
standard of security industries. However if you lookin for some sort of
security policy template, you could try RuSecure - Information Security
Policies at www.rusecure.co.uk. It's a collection of security policies
template based on ISO17799, but it's not free.
SANS also good source for policy reference :
http://www.sans.org/resources/policies.

good luck.

Arif Jatmoko
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First - CW's  Policies Made Easy is a terrible resource, it's nothing more
than a clearing house (a massive one, at that)  of oftentimes outdated
policy material.  There is no single resource for reviewing policy, as Good
Policy is context-based, and should be organization specific.  That is to
say, simply having a well-written policy does not a good policy make....it
needs to be supported, enforced, measured and practical.  It should also
support the organization business and Risk Management objectives; as should
the underlying process and standards documentation.  You should view
policies in a heirarchical contaxt looking for language  which shows the
policy was crafted to meet a specific risk management objective and that it
is consistently enforced and measured. "Secure Internet Practices" (by
METASeS) ISBN 0-9704049-0-5 is one of the better books dealing with the
entire Policy and securirty managment lifecycle,  as it puts the Policy
Problem in context and looks at Security Policy from a Risk Management
perspective.  DISCLOSURE: I am a former employee of and am  listed as a
technical reviewer for this publication but am not compensated for its sale
and do not currently work for METASeS (META Security Group)  You should be
able to get a used copy on Amazon for under 20....
 

Good Luck!




Hello,
I am a rookie at reviewing policies and procedures for information security
and IT controls.  Is there an online resource I can use to locate a
checklist of P-n-Ps?  One of my tasks is to assure that all network
infrastructure, server and mainframe subject matters are addressed?

Joe Miller
Jefferson Wells
Project Professional
Technology Risk Management
(480)540-3588



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