Why should you enforce a network security policy?

• Autores: Gary Bahadur
• Localización: ;login:: the magazine of USENIX & SAGE, ISSN 1044-6397, Vol. 25, Nº. 8, 2000, págs. 35-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The purpose of a network security policy is to protect all proprietary and confidential information assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, misuse, or destruction. In any organization, regardless of size, such a policy is a requirement for the secure functioning of the environment. A policy ensures that the necessary protection is enabled for essential business activities to be conducted. A good policy establishes the necessary procedures to enable productivity, security, accuracy, and availability of data and resources.

    Organizations frequently mistake procedures for a policy. A policy is the vehicle that implements all security procedures. A policy can define what the parameters are for the organization�s security stance and what procedures and low-level details are necessary to enforce it.