Chapter 1. What Information Security Policies Are
A CLIENT CALLED ME UP ONE DAY AND asked me to come to his office. Once I arrived, he asked me to install a firewall so that his network would be secure. I asked him for his company’s security policy so I could configure the firewall. He gave me a curious look and asked, “What do I need that for?”
In the years since the explosion of the Internet, this response is still the rule rather than the exception. Companies have comprehensive employee policies, sometimes filling two-inch binders, but do not have information security policies. If they do, they will hand you 5 sheets of paper that cover ...
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