Re: Building a Company Computer Use/Security Policy

[Daniel Marques <dancmarques () gmail com>]

Samuel,

The Sams Reading Room (sans.org/rr) has a lot of good stuff. I have a
very nice article here, but it's in portuguese.

I can translate and send it, if you want to... 


-- Daniel

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:31:32 -0500, Glenn Sieb <ges () wingfoot org> wrote:
> Samuel S. Kempf said the following on 1/16/2005 7:33 PM:
>
> > I've recently taken over the position of I.T. Director for a mid-sized
> > company that has no IT policy of any sort currently in place, aside
> > from a vague mention in the no compete agreement about not giving
> > proprietary data to other companies. One of my prime initiatives at
> > the moment is to implement such a policy, something I've never been
> > responsible for before. Can anyone point me to sites/articles on how
> > to do this? Or, better yet, does anyone know of such a policy
> > available online that I could use as a basis for my company? Any
> > suggestions are most welcome.
>
> Might I suggest a copy of Tom Limconcelli & Christine Hogan's <A
> HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201702711/wingfoot-20";
> TARGET="_blank">The Practice of System and Network
> Administration</A>--he covers creating security policies and such.
>
> It's an amazing reference book--it's been on my shelf since it was
> published! :)
>
> Best,
> --Glenn
>
> --
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> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>          ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759