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    Lecture 21

    Enterprise Security

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    Enterprise securityPutting Security on the Strategy

    Agenda

    John Hartwright

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    Introduction

    jWhat is your idea of security?

    Traditional view

    Its all about

    access control

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    Introduction

    jWhat is your idea of security?

    New technology

    view

    Its the job of

    the IT People

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    Does this have anything to do

    with strategy?jStrategy concerns

    objectives at a high level

    large numbers of variables tend to be long term

    be applicable across an organisation

    tend towards generality

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    Computer security

    jOften summed up by the acronym CIA

    Confidentiality

    Integrity

    Availability

    jBalance needed between all three

    aspects

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    Technical fixes

    jAnti virus software

    jEncryption

    jPasswords and biometricsjFirewalls

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    Weakness of technical fixes

    jHoax viruses

    jSocial engineering

    jUsersj Black box fixes

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    Human fixes

    jHard to define what you are securing

    jChanges in location of data

    jChanges in nature of viruses andmalware

    j Increasing use of email

    j Increasing need to use e-commerce

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    Physical security

    jAlarm systems

    jCCTV

    jSecurity taggingjPanic alarms/screens

    jGuards

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    What do you need to secure?

    Details of

    planned

    takeover

    Crucial Trivial

    Order forpaperclips?

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    Disaster planning

    jWhat will we do if we cant use the

    computer?

    jBackup systems e.g. hot sites, cold sites, mobile solutions

    jBackup data

    e.g. tape drives need secure accessible storage

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    Business Continuity Planning

    jWhat destroys the computer may

    destroy the office

    jNeed to consider IT

    Personnel

    Office space

    Communications links

    Public relations

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    Business Continuity Planning

    j Its about business survival

    j It wont mean the business is unaffected

    j It does need testingjCannot predict all eventualities but the

    plan is improved by testing

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    Employee security

    j IT may check for viruses on email but

    who checks the post for anthrax?

    who knows what to do when they take aphone call and its a bomb threat?

    who checks that the windows are designed

    to cope with a car bomb?

    who knows if the Chairmans chauffeurunderstands how to avoid a hijack?

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    Forgotten dimensions

    jPublic relations

    turning adversity into positive news

    who is talking to the media?jStress

    what support is available to staff?

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    Structured security

    jThe security department is the

    protector or guardian of the companys

    property, product or merchandise,

    assets, equipment, reputation and

    employees (Sennewald, 1998)

    jMay also need to consider non-

    employees such as visitors andcustomers

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    Bringing it together

    j Increasing recognition that

    organisations need a coherent and

    cohesive strategy

    It will be expensive

    It will affect the whole organisation

    It will change the way we organise and do

    business

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    Key issues

    j Mail handling

    j Travel

    j Employee protection

    j Risk assessmentj Infrastructure protection

    j Office and plant protection

    j Employee morale

    NoneNone of these are traditional issues for aof these are traditional issues for a

    security departmentsecurity department

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    Final thought

    j There is no end to the imagination of

    the terrorist so we should not be

    surprised when what they do surprises

    us. Yonah Alexander, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

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    Enterprise securityPutting Security on the Strategy

    Agenda

    John Hartwright