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Understanding best practice security policies

Understanding best practice security policies

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Understanding best practice security policies

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- [Instructor] An organization security policy defines what security means to that organization. In many cases, it reflects the trade-off between security, operability, affordability, and potential risk impacts. Security governance that does not align properly with the organization goals can lead to implementation of security policies and decisions that will unnecessarily inhibit productivity, it will impose undue costs and hinder strategic intent. This is why all policies must support the organization's regulatory and contractual obligations, and sometimes it can be challenging to ensure a policy is relevant and encompasses all the requirements while it's simple enough for users to understand. The following are six security related policies that assist in most organization. The first one is data handling policy. This is an aspect of a security policy that defines whether the data is for use within the company or whether it's restricted by only certain roles, or it can be made public…

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