Research:

1.Review the table of contents and relevant chapters in the Certified Information Privacy Professional textbook to find information about legal and regulatory drivers.

2.Review NISTs definition of an Issue Specific Policy and contents thereof in NIST SP 800-12 Section 5.3. This document provides information about the content of an issue specific policy (as compared to comprehensive system and enterprise security policies).

3.Review the weekly readings and resource documents posted in the classroom. Pay special attention to the resources which contain issues and best practices information for:

Data Breach Response

Preventing / Controlling Shadow IT

Social Media 

4.Review NIST guidance for required / recommended security controls (see NIST SP 800-12, NIST SP 800-53, and NIST SP 800-100). Some suggested control families are:

Access Control (AC) control family (for Social Media policy)

Incident Response (IR) control family (for Data Breach policy)

System and Services Acquisition (SA) control family (Domain Name, Shadow IT, Website Governance)

5.Find and review additional authoritative / credible sources on your own which provide information about IT security issues (related to data breaches / responses, shadow IT, and/or social media use) which require policy solutions.

Write:

1.Prepare briefing package with approval drafts of the three IT related policies for the Managers Deskbook. Your briefing package must contain the following:

Executive Summary

Approval Drafts for

oData Breach Response Policy

oPreventing / Controlling Shadow IT Policy

oManagement and Use of Corporate Social Media Accounts Policy

As you write your policies, make sure that you address IT and cybersecurity concepts using standard terminology.

2.Use a professional format for your policy documents and briefing package.  Your policy documents should be consistently formatted and easy to read.

3.You must include a cover page with the assignment title, your name, and the due date. Your reference list must be on a separate page at the end of your file. These pages do not count towards the assignments page count.  

4.Common phrases do not require citations. If there is doubt as to whether or not information requires attribution, provide a footnote with publication information or use APA format citations and references.

5.You are expected to write grammatically correct English in every assignment that you submit for grading. Do not turn in any work without (a) using spell check, (b) using grammar check, (c) verifying that your punctuation is correct and (d) reviewing your work for correct word usage and correctly structured sentences and paragraphs.   

6.Consult the grading rubric for specific content and formatting requirements for this assignment.

7.Submit your Managers Deskbook briefing package in MS Word format (.docx or .doc file) for grading using your assignment folder. (Attach the file.)