Policy

SANS InfoSec Reading Room - Articles on security policy and other information security topics.
http://www.sans.org/rr/

Make Your Web Site P3P Compliant - How to create and publish your company's platform for privacy performance policy, a W3C initiative, in 6 steps.
http://www.w3.org/P3P/details.html

Internet/Network Security Policy Development - How to write an effective network security policy. This is Part 4 of a 5 part tutorial on Internet and network security.
http://netsecurity.about.com/compute/netsecurity/library/weekly/aa080299.htm?iam=mt

Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme - Provides details of this US government scheme.
http://www.niap-ccevs.org/cc-scheme/

Windows IT LIbrary - This paper offers wide ranging advice on the development and implementation of security policies.
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/121/07/1.html?Ad=1&

IASEP Data Security Protocol - An archive website from the Purdue Research Foundation, containing a range of example security policy sets.
http://arc.education.purdue.edu/protocol/home_page.htm

Return on Information Security Investment - Assess your company's Return on Information Security Investment
http://www.geocities.com/amz/

Information Security Policies - Make and manage security policies. Run awareness programs with audits and e-learning to build a human firewall.
http://www.neupart.com

An Overview of Corporate Computer User Policy - 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. [PDF]
http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/50/535.pdf

Canada's Export Controls - Unofficial / unverified article describing Canada's export controls on cryptographic software.
http://www.efc.ca/pages/doc/crypto-export.html

Acceptable Use Policy Report - A report on Acceptable Usage Policy: what corporations expect of it, a case study, and a framework for creating your own policy.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~colinwee/mbt/acceptableuse/

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.
http://www.giac.org/practical/jack_albright_gsec.doc

What's Your Policy? - If your company doesn't have written security policies, it's time it did, and Mark Edwards has some resources to help.
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/9764/whats-your-policy.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Security standards, transactions and code set standards, identifier standards, mailing lists, implementation guides, and administrative simplification.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/InformationSecurity/

Network Security - Internet Security for the Enterprise - Information hub for the enterprise discussing network security, storage compliance, CRM, and human resource.
http://www.infotechlive.com

Browsing with a Loaded Gun - A strong web Security Policy is key to keeping your company safe in the net-centric world. [PDF]
http://www.securitytechnet.com/resource/rsc-center/vendor-wp/pentasafe/LoadedGun.pdf

Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) - Non-profit, international research initiative dedicated to defining standards in security testing and business integrity testing.
http://www.isecom.org

Information Security Program Development - 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.
http://www.blackmagic.com/ses/bruceg/progmgt.html

P3P Guiding Principles - Principles behind the W3C Platform for Privacy Preferences initiative.
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-P3P10-principles

Building Effective, Tailored Information Security Policy - 20th NISSC Internet Technical Security Policy Panel
http://csrc.nist.gov/nissc/1997/panels/isptg/pescatore/html/

What makes a good security policy and why is one necessary? - 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.
http://www.giac.org/practical/Caroline_Reyes_GSEC.doc

A Structured Approach to Computer Security - 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. <small>(1992)</small>
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/241365.html

Policy Over Policing - InfoWorld article - It's easy to develop e-mail and Internet policies, but education and documentation are crucial to their success.
http://archive.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayArchive.pl?/96/34/e01-34.55.htm

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.
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/0913sec1.html

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.
http://www.sans.org/rr/papers/index.php?id=135

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.
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/article.cfm?articleid=42&PID=372347

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.
http://www.boran.com/security/

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.
http://www.giac.org/practical/Kerry_McConnell_GSEC.doc

ITworld.com - Security's human side - IT World article - essentially a review of Pentasafe's VigilEnt security policy management product.
http://www.itworld.com/Man/3903/IWD010529securityshuman/

Building and Implementing a Successful Information Security Policy - 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]
http://www.windowsecurity.com/pages/security-policy.pdf

IT Security at MIT - Provides a wide range of policies, papers and related resources.
http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/security/

RFC2196 (Site Security Handbook) - a guide to developing computer security policies and procedures for sites that have systems on the Internet. Published 1997.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2196

SecureZone - Information portal with focus on policies, protocols and standards
http://www.securezone.com

SecurityDocs - A substantial collection of papers and articles on the development and implementation of security policies.
http://www.securitydocs.com/Security_Policies

OSSTMM: Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual - A widely used, peer-reviewed, methodology for performing security tests.
http://www.isecom.org/projects/osstmm.shtml

GASSP Home Page - Generally Accepted System Security Principles, developed by The International Information Security Foundation. [PDF]
http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-14/800-14.pdf

Windows 2000 Group Policy and Security - 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.
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/9169/group-policy-and-security.html

The Information Security Forum - It has produced the standard to provide guidelines on all aspects of information security including IT, data, and computer controls.
http://www.isfsecuritystandard.com

FISMApedia - An information resource for Federal IT security policy, including the FISMA, HSPD-12, FDCC, DIACAP, NIACAP and OMB directives.
http://www.fismapedia.org

CobiT User Group - International user group and hub for CobiT, the emerging IT control and security methodology.
http://www.controlit.org

Formulating a Wireless LAN Security Policy: Relevant Issues, Considerations and Implications - [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.
http://www.giac.org/practical/David_Quay_GSEC.doc