the entire directory only in Security/Policy

• Acceptable Use Policy Report - A report on Acceptable Usage Policy, inlcuding what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.
• Best Practices in Network Security - 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.
• Building Effective, Tailored Information Security Policy - Presents the presentation of the 20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel
• Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy - A 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. [PDF]
• Canada's Export Controls - Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.
• CobiT User Group - International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.
• Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme - Provides details of this US government scheme.
• Do you have an intrusion detection response plan? - Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.
• FISMApedia - An information resource for Federal IT security policies, including the FISMA, HSPD-12, FDCC, DIACAP, NIACAP and OMB directives.
• GASSP Home Page - Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation. [PDF]
• How to Develop Good Security Policies and Tips on Assessment and Enforcement - [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.
• IT Security Cookbook - A guide to computer and network security with a strong focus on writing and implementing security policy. This is primarily for security managers and system administrators.
• IT Security at MIT - Provides a wide range of policies, papers and related resources.
• ITworld.com - Security's human side - IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.
• Information Security Policies - Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.
• Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) - Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.
• Make Your Web Site P3P Compliant - Describes how to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy,. A W3C initiative, in six steps.
• OSSTMM: Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual - A widely used, peer-reviewed, methodology for performing security tests.
• P3P Guiding Principles - Principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.
• RFC2196 (Site Security Handbook) - A guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.
• Return on Information Security Investment - Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment
• SANS InfoSec Reading Room - Articles on security policies and other information security topics.
• The Basics of an IT Security Policy - 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.
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.
• Understanding the Virus Threat and Developing Effective Anti-Virus Policy - This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies.
• What Makes A Good Security Policy? - Offers a paper presenting the core elements of security, and arguing that in order to properly address security, the most fundamental item necessary is a security policy.
• What's Your Policy? - Provides an article to discuss and explain the need for a comprehensive security policy, and some pointers to useful resources.

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