CHAPTER 44
SECURITY POLICY GUIDELINES
M. E. Kabay and Bridgitt Robertson
44.3 RESOURCES FOR POLICY WRITERS
44.3.3 Informal Security Standards
44.3.4 Commercially Available Policy Guides
44.4.1 Orientation: Prescriptive and Proscriptive
44.6.2 Electronic One-Dimensional Text
44.1 INTRODUCTION.
This chapter reviews principles, topics, and resources for creating effective security policies. It does not propose specific guidelines except as examples. Many of the chapters in this Handbook discuss policy; a few examples are listed next:
Chapter 23 provides an extensive overview of physical security policies.
Chapter 25 discusses local area network security issues and policies.
Chapter 38 reviews software development policies.
Chapter 39 surveys quality assurance policies.
Chapter 45 provides guidance on employment policies from a security standpoint.
Chapter 47 includes policies for improving operations security and production.
Chapter 48 reviews specific recommendations for e-mail and Internet usage.
Chapter 49 looks at methods ...
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