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Planning Security Policy - Exercise

Objective:

Locate information for developing a security policy.

Exercise scoring

This exercise is worth five points and is auto-scored.
There are no answers to be submitted.

Instructions

In this exercise, you will locate more information for developing your security policy.
  1. Enter http://csrc.nist.gov.
    This site has quite a bit of information on various security topics and where to find security training documents.
  2. At the bottom of the page, select Organizations. This page lists academic, government, professional and standards organizations compiled by the Computer Security Resource Clearinghouse
  3. Select CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC) or go to www.cert.org.
    The CERT/CC Security Improvement Modules contain a plethora of information on specific security issues, as well as information about security policies.
  4. If you have time, read the practice titled Establish a policy and set of procedures that prepare your organization to detect signs of intrusion.
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