Re: in-to-out security

[ilaiy <ilaiy.e () gmail com>]

It may be a difficult to convince the CTO. I faced a similar problem
in the place i worked previously.

This was one of the point i stressed on " You are implementing these
policy not just for safe guarding our network. But you also don't want
some computer in our network to be a bot for an attack else where as
you "may" be held liable"

I have used the policy from SANS .. they are pretty good you may want
to add and delete what is needed got your network.

www.sans.org/resources/policies/


./thanks
ilaiy
On 3/28/06, Joe George <j.george () conservation org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I hope you're all doing well.  A colleague of mine does technical
> support for some charities on the side.  One of his clients is a person
> who is the CTO of a 400+ person, non-profit organization.  This CTO
> asked my colleague what was the best way to (a particular application or
> training method) to get his 400+ staff in-line and keep them from doing
> inappropriate things on the network such as downloading rogue
> applications, and inadvertently installing apps which can attack the
> network and other networks.  He's looking for an in-to-out solution.
> This CTO feels he and his team would be able to secure the network from
> intrusion from outside rogue users by implementing necessary firewall,
> IDS, etc.  I suggested to my colleague that this gentleman can not
> adequately secure external/internal intrusion and attacks without
> implementing an acceptable use or some kind of written policy with the
> assistance of his HR department.  I informed him that end-users should
> have the right to know that their activity is being monitored by the IT
> staff (which is what I presumed he meant by an application/training
> method to keep his staff in-line).  This CTO fellow, feels that any kind
> of policy is not a viable option.  I told my colleague a written policy
> will protect the organization and the employees and allow the security
> team to build and design a security countermeasures, not to mention get
> the best use of expensive security appliances.  Besides rogue
> applications, I mentioned that other issues such as disgruntled
> employees, corporate espionage, maintaining data and company integrity
> are just a few reasons to start off with written policy.  My colleague
> mentioned that his CTO client is not uninformed, but rather too scared
> to bring up a very controversial solution as written policy to his
> superiors and the end-users. My questions to you are these:
>
> 1.      Was I right to suggest this rather than help my colleague look
> for an app/training solution?
> 2.      How would you convince an obviously passive CTO to do the right
> thing?
> 3.      If such an application/training exists, can you suggest
> something?
> 4.      Is it legal to implement user-monitoring without informing the
> staff?  This is where I think policy
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Take it easy,
>
> Joe
>
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