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11. Policy

Raymond Pompon

(1)Seattle, Washington, USA

A common disease that afflicts management and government administration the world over is the impression that “Our problems are different.” They are different, to be sure, but the principles that will help to improve quality of product and of service are universal in nature.

—W. Edwards Deming, Out of the Crisis

Security policy is the bedrock for controls and processes. An effective security policy serves the users, business processes, and technology of the organization. The policy should be universally understood and relevant for the current risks. This chapter explains security policies ...

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