CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Organizational Issues

A successful deployment of a security system must take into account the needs of the many departments that will be protected in the company. Although the facilities and security departments are the two most prominent owners of the security system, other departments are affected and should be a part in the deployment. Human resources needs access cards issued and activated, and when an employee is terminated, the card must either be returned or deactivated, sometimes immediately. The IT department needs to be involved because of the required network server installation, backup, and maintenance. There will also most likely be network-enabled security devices running on the network, and the IT department should have some understanding ...