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Assignment: Use Security Policies and Controls to Overcome Business Challenges

Learning Objectives and Outcomes

Understand the importance of information security policies and the role they play in business activities to ensure sound, secure information.

Identify four IT security controls for a given scenario.

Assignment Requirements

Scenario

The organization is a regional XYZ Credit Union/Bank that has multiple branches and locations throughout the region.

Online banking and use of the Internet are the bank’s strengths, given its limited human resources.

The customer service department is the organization’s most critical business function.

The organization wants to be in compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and IT security best practices regarding its employees.

The organization wants to monitor and control use of the Internet by implementing content filtering.

The organization wants to eliminate personal use of organization-owned IT assets and systems.

The organization wants to monitor and control use of the email system by implementing email security controls.

The organization wants to implement this policy for all the IT assets it owns and to incorporate this policy review into an annual security awareness training program.

Using the scenario, identify four possible IT security controls for the bank and provide rationale for your choices.

Required Resources

Course textbook

Internet access

Submission Requirements

Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)

Font: Times New Roman, size 12, double-space

Citation Style: APA

Length: 1–2 pages

TEXTBOOK:

Title: Security Policies and Implementation Issues

Subtitle: https://cumber.bncollege.com/shop/cumberlands/page/find-textbooks

ISBN: 99781284200003

Authors: Robert Johnson, Chuck Easttom

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Publication Date: 2021

Edition: 3RD EDITION