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The IT Policy refers to those plans, positions and guidelines of organization which influence its decisions in support of sustainable and secured IT operations. There are various types and forms of policy. Among the range of policy types are: broad policy which enunciates organization-wide direction; more specific policy which may be developed for a particular function(s) such as IT, HR, Information Security, Physical Security etc. The activity of developing policy generally involves research, analysis, consultation and synthesis of information to produce recommendations. The IT policies provide a framework for best practice that can be followed by all employees. They help to ensure risk is minimized and that any security incidents are effectively responded to. The policies will also help turn staff into participants in the organization’s efforts to secure its information assets, and the process of developing these policies will help to define an organization’s information assets. IT policy defines the organization’s attitude to information, and announces internally and externally that information is an asset, the property of the organization, and is to be protected from unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, and destruction.

Benefits

Protect people, infrastructure and information through systematically drawn and implemented IT policies

Set the rules for expected behavior by users, system administrators, management, and security personnel

Authorize security personnel to monitor, probe, and investigate

Define and authorize the consequences of violation

Define the company consensus baseline stance on security

Help minimize risk

Help track compliance with regulations and legislation

Improved IT Governance and Compliance

Approach

Understand the existing process maturity at organization

Understand the current practices versus the preferred future practices

Establish the policy requirements (types, scope etc.)

Establish the policy hierarchy and its priorities – Governing policy, General Controls, Technical Controls, Processes Guidelines

Identify policy development teams – IT / IS teams, Technical writers, subject matter experts, legal counsels, human resources, audit & compliance, user groups, reviewers and approvers

Research and Interview of key stakeholders and subject matter experts

Develop policy drafts, review and identify policy gaps

Finalize policies

Develop policy communication strategies (initial, on-going awareness etc.)

Develop policy review/update cycles

Publish policies

It Policy Development