Security Policy for Password Protected Files

What is Security Policy

Learn some common ideas about Security Policies.

• A security policy is a document that outlines some rules for computer usage, determines how policies are enforced. 

• Security consultants help to improve security performance, detect intrusion, review security policies.

Security policy

A security policy is a document that outlines some rules for computer usage, determines how policies are enforced. 

Policies are usually point-specific, covering a single area. For example, an "Protecting Documents with Passwords" policy would cover the rules and regulations for appropriate use of the password protection. An "Responding to Information Security Incidents" policy defines process of preventing future policy brakes. 

Security Policies are necessary to set standards for appropriate behavior within an organization, and to provide a foundation for HR in response to inappropriate behavior.

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Password Protected Information Security Policies

The purpose of this document is to suggest a company a policy to prevent information leakage and in-appropriate using of computers.  

• Protecting Documents with Passwords
• Sending Information to Third Parties
• Dealing with Sensitive Information
• Delivering Awareness Programmes to Permanent Staff
• Detecting incidents
• Responding to Information Security Incidents

POLICY STATEMENT

“Sensitive or confidential electronic data and information should be secured, whenever possible, with access control applied to the directory on the computer concerned. The sole use of passwords to secure individual documents is less effective, and hence discouraged, as passwords may be either forgotten or become revealed to unauthorized persons.“

EXPLICATIVE NOTES

The simplest way to limit access by unauthorized people to your documentation is to apply a password. You may however forget your password and then encounter problems accessing your data.

Information Security issues to be considered when implementing your policy include the following:

• Opening a document or spreadsheet may be impossible where the password has been forgotten or the owner is no longer available.

• Owner can only protect with password sensitive / confidential electronic data, but not his personal files.

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Force Security Policy in your company

Learn how to force Security Policy for password protected files in your company with Find Protected.

• Your company already has some Security Policy. We do suggest to add a Password Protected Information Security Policies as an appendix to your general document - "Company IT Security Policies".

• Find Protected is an utility to force Password Security policy.

Company Security Policy

You company already has some Security Policy. We do suggest to add a Password Protected Information Security Policies as an appendix to your general document - "Company IT Security Policies". With Password Protected Information Security Policies you will have a set of policies that will regulate the following aspects:

• How to protected documents with password

• How to send information to "third parties"

• How to deal with sensitive information

• How to deliver awareness to permanent staff

• How to detect incidents and respond to incidents.

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