A report on Acceptable Usage Policy: what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.

Secure "Rules and Roles" management platform that facilitates secure Exchange and Active Directory administration.

Proxy based system to aid in implementing employee internet use policies.

Article discusses the elements of a corporate security policy, which it calls the gateway to a company`s intellectual property. The main threat to information security within a company is its employees.

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.

A strong web Security Policy is key to keeping your company safe in the net-centric world. (PDF format)

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.

20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel

Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.

Determine contractor ability to comply with your organization's security policy.

Establish policies and procedures for responding to intrusions.

Develop and promulgate an acceptable use policy for workstations.

International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.

The US government agency overseeing the Common Criteria security certification Program

Formal IT security policy helps establish standards for IT resource protection by assigning program management responsibilities and providing basic rules, guidelines, and definitions for everyone in the organization. Policy thus helps prevent inconsistencies that can introduce risks, and policy serves as a basis for the enforcement of more detailed rules and procedures.

A well-written, well-run security policy keeps cracks from appearing in your network's foundation.

This whitepaper describes the steps needed to develop an organization-wide information security strategy.

Discussion of what should go into the creation of an intrusion detection plan and the expected results.

E-policy is a corporate statement and set-of-rules to protect the organization from casual or intentional abuse that could result in the release of sensitive information, IT system failures or litigation against the organization by employees or other parties.

Learn how to create a company e-mail policy and enforce it using email security software. Also lists sample email policies, books and links.

[Word Document] This paper represents the security issues related to the use of wireless (vs wired) LAN technology and recommends a number of key implementation guidelines to ensure the secure deployment of wireless LAN services in the company.

Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation.

This document is for business executives, and others, who want to know more about Internet and internetworking security, and what measures you can take to protect your site.

[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.

An archive website from the Purdue Research Foundation, containing a range of example security policy sets.

This paper provides the derivation and implementation of a security policy for Mac OS X users.

Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.

Security standards are needed by organizations because of the amount of information, the value of the information, and ease with which the information can be manipulated or moved.

Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.

This document is intended to help an organization create a coherent Internet-specific information security policy.

How to write an effective network security policy. This is Part 4 of a 5 part tutorial on Internet and network security.

An excellent guide to computer & network security with a strong focus on writing and implementing security policy. This is primarily for security managers and system administrators.

IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.

How to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy, a W3C initiative, in 6 steps.

Information hub for the enterprise discussing network security, storage compliance, CRM, and human resource.

A public collaberation to document this standard and create compliant security policies.

A widely used, peer-reviewed, comprehensive methodology for performing security tests.

Principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.

Provides general information about PKI policy, the role that policy plays in a PKI and how that policy applies to both traditional and PKI-enabled business environments.

InfoWorld article - It's easy to develop e-mail and Internet policies, but education and documentation are crucial to their success.

Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment

a guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.

Articles on security policy and other infosec topics.

A substantial collection of papers and articles on the development and implementation of security policies.

This paper outlines some issues that the writer of a Site Computer Security Policy may need to consider when formulating such a document.

A security policy is a set of rules written in general terms stating what is permitted and what is not permitted in a system during normal operation.

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.

It has produced the standard to provide guidelines on all aspects of information security including IT, data, and computer controls.

Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.

This paper focuses on providing the reader with an overview of the current virus landscape and aids in developing best practice anti-virus policies.

Security does not come from automated applications, rather it is compromised of security applications or systems, processes and procedures and the personnel to implement both the systems and processes. In order to properly address security, the most fundamental item necessary is a security policy.

If your company doesn't have written security policies, it's time it did, and Mark Edwards has some resources to help.

Objective analysis reveals that many breaches are linked to common weaknesses in the security policy...accidents waiting to happen. This article focuses on strategic and systematic weaknesses that can slowly degrade security operations.

The use of Group Policy to simplify the network security tasks that you face as a network administrator. With Group Policy, you can ensure that the machines on your network remain in a secure configuration after you deploy them.

This paper offers wide ranging advice on the development and implementation of security policies.

This site contains information on BS 7799 (ISO/IEC 17799)