FRAAP is a structured approach to an accelerated assessment of each component of a system within a short timeframe. It is consistent with the National Institute of Standards and Technology October 2001 Special Publication “Risk Management Guide of Information Technology Systems” and the FFIEC December 2002 “Information Security Risk Assessment.” The approach allows us to… Continue reading Facilitated Risk Analysis and Assessment Process (FRAAP)
Category: Risk Management
Security Management Practices
Best of Breed or Best Suite of Products
Should organizations implement layered defenses from different vendors? Should we rely upon a single vendor for an organization’s overall security? According to a Gartner research paper, “Two firewall platforms are not better than one. We believe there is a higher risk associated with configuring and managing firewalls from multiple vendors than from a single vendor.… Continue reading Best of Breed or Best Suite of Products
Acknowledging Non-Applicable Threats
Is it important to account for or acknowledge risks that may not apply to an organization or system? What if you identified a risk that you would typically consider for but would not use due because of the context. Say, for example, your organization is not in a floodplain however it is usual to consider… Continue reading Acknowledging Non-Applicable Threats
Roles of Management and Technology in InfoSec
Information security is both a management issue and a technology issue. The management of an institution could be the owner or custodian of the data that their information security program is trying to protect. They need to ensure that the systems they employ execute all the functions on the data as they are supposed to… Continue reading Roles of Management and Technology in InfoSec
Who doesn’t need to be concerned about InfoSec?
Would there be any person or group within an organization that does not need to be concerned with information security? The only person who need not worry about information security is the one who has no value bearing data. Unfortunately, in this day and age, every single person who is connected to modern world has… Continue reading Who doesn’t need to be concerned about InfoSec?