Information Security Policy Manager

Challenge

Information security policies are a critical part of any organization's overall information security strategy. Weak or outdated policies hamper your other efforts to secure your network, leaving you exposed to internal and external security breaches. Effective policies are clear, concise, easy to read and understand, specific in coverage, and enforceable. They also provide a clear outline of who is responsible for each aspect of their implementation.

Solution

Digital Defense has developed a highly effective information security policy delivery mechanism based on delivering policy content via predefined, online handbooks. The IS Policy Manager system is accessed via a secure, online portal and requires no installation of software or hardware. We geared our policy handbook content towards industry-specific needs and best practices, as well as relevant regulatory and compliance requirements. The handbook and policy content can be modified to meet any client specific requirements and version control is inherent in the system.

From initial incorporation into the handbook, through the full life-cycle of a policy, the IS Policy Manager system provides the functionality required to assign review deadlines to employees and/or departments, and has the ability to track adherence to these initiatives via the reporting tools resident within the system.

Digital Defense's logical, streamlined Information Security (IS) Policy Manager system eliminates the arduous task of disseminating policy communications, ensures your ability to illustrate adherence to corporate policy compliance goals and objectives, enhances "green" initiatives by eliminating paper waste, and simplifies the policy administration process.

Advantages

The IS Policy Manager system allows you to:

minimize paper waste within the organization by maintaining policies in a secure digital repository available around the clock, and around the world;
eliminate the dissemination of old policy versions through the integrated versioning component contained within the IS Policy Manager system;
A more cost-effective solution than traditional consultative engagements.
Updates based on relevant industry best practices and evolving regulatory requirements.
reduce unnecessary workload by creating virtual policy "handbooks" containing only the policies pertinent to the division and the employee;
remain compliant by publishing policies with required "review by" dates, ensuring all staff members are aware of corporate or regulatory document review requirements;
track polices reviewed by staff, regardless of the handbooks and policies they have been assigned;
produce real-time compliance reporting to quickly illustrate the current status of the corporate policy program to executive teams, auditors, and examiners.

The IS Policy Manager system is essential for clients who have limited, dated, or no security policies in place, especially those organizations required by law to have a documented set of established comprehensive information security policies. It is also effective for organizations that have existing information security policies in place, but who wish to augment existing content with industry best practices and lessen the amount of time administering those policies. Our IS Policy Manager system provides:

a centralized repository to manage policy handbook and content;
a system that delivers the functionality to manage policies, at the appropriate level, whether by department or employee;
a system that tracks and reports policy status from inception through distribution and acceptance;
a system that eliminates the travel and living expenses typically associated with traditional consultative policy solutions;
annual updates based on relevant industry best practices and evolving regulatory requirements.

Strong policies are of paramount importance in the effective management of an organization's human resources and the securing of its information assets. Digital Defense believes an organization should quickly establish and regularly update its information security policies to ensure this essential foundational item is solid and current.

Information Security Policy Manager

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