Importance of Information Security Policy

Every company has some information, which is data that is timely, organized, and relevant to a given purpose. To avoid the dangers of theft, corruption, and destruction, this information must be securely preserved. Any information exchanged among several users carries a significant level of danger. Information must be effectively secured in an organization since it plays an essential role in an organization’s behavior, decision-making, and outcome (Williams, 2001). Information security refers to the protection of information privacy in order to prevent damage and increase company continuity and privacy. Various security breaches have been experienced by different organizations making use of computers connected to the Internet. These breaches have resulted in reputation loss, loss of confidence by the customers, interruption of businesses and loss of finances. This calls for the need to have security policies in place for the purpose of mitigating these risks. The security policy will define the framework of all the mechanisms that an organization will strive to meet in order to protect their information (Kadam, 2007).

The main importance of having security policies in place is to ensure the success of an information system and the security of the information. This will help an organization to control and avoid some of the threats and risks to information. Also for an effective security program, there must be outlined policies in place (Bacik, 2008). The security policies can then translate to the training of the staff about information security based on the guideline outlined in the security policies. Having well-defined policies will help an organization to protect all assets against theft, abuse and other forms of loss or harm.

References

Bacik, S. (2008). Building an effective information security policy architecture (1st ed.). Boca Raton [u.a.]: CRC Press.

Kadam, A. (2007). Information Security Policy Development and Implementation. Information Systems Security, 16(5), 246-256. doi:10.1080/10658980701744861

Williams, P. (2001). Information Security Governance. Information Security Technical Report, 6(3), 60-70. doi:10.1016/s1363-4127(01)00309-0