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The Business-Minded CISO
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The Business-Minded CISO

by Bryan C. Kissinger
March 2020
Beginner
142 pages
3h 30m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 5

Operate Your Program

IT Risk Management Capabilities

Policies and Standards

Policies and standards may seem like boring, administrative functions but they are the backbone to your entire program. Your program operates based on the policies, procedures, and standards you have outlined for all facets of your workforce.

Members of your IT department should follow standards when it comes to change management, configurations, new builds, and implementations. You give them the expectations upfront and when the Internal Audit or anyone else comes to check on them, they will have had the answers to the test ahead of time. As mentioned in the design sections, policies, procedures, and standards are usually derived from legal or regulatory requirements, ...

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