Transcript CobiT IV Status - John R. Robles and Associates

Isaca - Information Security
Governance
Guidance for
Information
Security Managers
John R. Robles
787-647-3961
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www.johnrrobles.com
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Introduction
Information Security has become a matter for consideration at the
highest organizational level
‘It is no longer enough to communicate to the world of stakeholders
why we exist and what constitutes success, we must also
communicate how we are going to protect our existence’.
- Kiely, Laree; Terry Benzel; Systemic Security Management, Libertas Press,
USA, 2006
This publication discusses how to develop an information security
strategy within the organization's governance framework and how to
drive that strategy through an information security program.
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Information Security
Governance Guidance
Firms operating at best-in-class (security) levels are
lowering financial losses to less than 1 percent of revenue,
whereas other organizations are experiencing loss rates
that exceed 5 percent.
- Aberdeen Group, ‘Best Practices in Security Governance’, USA,
2005
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Information Security Program Requirements
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Roles and Responsibilities
Executive Management
Steering Committee
Chief Information Security Officer
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What the Board, Executive Management
and Security Management Should Do?
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Information Security
Metrics and Monitoring
Information Security Metrics
Governance Implementation Metrics
Strategic Alignment
Risk Assessment
Value Delivery
Resource Management
Performance Measurement
Assurance Process Integration (Convergence)
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Establishing Information
Security Governance
An Information Security Strategy
Corporate strategy is the pattern of decisions in a company that determines and
reveals its objectives, purposes, or goals, produces the principal policies and
plans for achieving those goals, and defines the range of business the company
is to pursue, the kind of economic and human organization it is or intends to be,
and the nature of the economic and non-economic contribution it intends to
make to its shareholders, employees, customers and communities.
- Andrews, Kenneth; The Concept of Corporate Strategy, 2nd Edition, Dow-Jones
Irwin, USA, 1980
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Information Security Objectives
The Goal
Classification and Valuation
Deferred Information Maintenance
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Strategy
Defining Objectives
The Desire State
Risk Objectives
Number of Controls
Current State of Security
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Strategy
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Strategy
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The Strategy
Elements of a Strategy
Policies
Standards
Processes
Controls
Technologies
People, Training, Etc.
Gap Analysis – Basic for an Action Plan
Annual or more frequently
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Action Plan
Create/Modify
Create/Modify
Policies
Standards
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Action Plan Intermediate Goals
Action Plan Metrics
General Metrics Considerations
Summary – Take into consideration
What is important to information security
operations
Requirements of IT Management
Requirements of business process owners
Requirements of senior management
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Establishing Information
Security Governance
An Example Using the ITGI and CobiT
Maturity Scale
Sample Policy Statement
Sample Standard
Additional Sample Policy Statements
Conclusions
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Conclusion
“Although regulatory compliance has been a
major driver in improving information
security overall, recent studies have also
shown that nearly half of all companies are
failing to initiate meaningful compliance
efforts.”
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Appendix A – Critical Success Factors
For Effective Information Security
Performance Measures
Determine whether Information Security
is succeeding
Determine whether Information Security
Governance is succeeding
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Appendix B – Self Assessment and
Maturity Model
Self – Assessment for Information Security
Governance
Maturity Levels – Detailed Descriptions
Purpose - Determine your Information
Security Maturity Level
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Appendix
 Appendix C – A Generic Approach to
Information Security Initiative Scoping
 Determine Task Steps
 Determine Task Step Activities
 Determine Task Step Deliverables
 Appendix D – An Approach to Information
Security Metrics
 “NIST special publication 800-55 provides an
approach to security metrics”
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Appendix
 Glossary
 References
 Other Publications
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