How a security handbook could mitigate threats
Security handbooks are practical guides for understanding and implementing an array of security options at home, in business, within governments and can thus be classified in ways which consider certain environments.
They are composed primarily for readers in developing countries who witness serious security lapses, loopholes and breakdowns in law and order situations.
As far as the concept of IT security is concerned, the information technology sector in many industrialized states along with NIC’s such as India, is considered to be the sole sector which is blossoming and helps fuel a nation’s economic development. The information is considered to be sacred and desecrating the secrecy of such information can be equated with committing blasphemy. In light of this, IT security handbooks are considered to be crucial in summarizing current physical and electronic threats which are perceivable, with regard to IT security in general.
Security handbooks, if prepared by erudite specialists, manage to explore management practices, regulatory environments and patterns of cooperation which tend to exist between rivaling corporations. In addition, if they are comprehensive enough they are able to encompass aspects such as governmental information, professional associations and international agencies which we see today.
Ideally an IT security handbook does begin with an overview of the growth of the ICT sector which is an abbreviation for the information communication and technology sector. This growth considers individual users of the ICT sector which is reflected in the escalation in the number of home networks and the blossoming of small and medium sized enterprises that we see in numerous countries from Guyana to Japan. This fact also heavily relies on computing sources which act in support of non-technical business endeavors.
The reason to resort to an IT security handbook however can also be attributed to the expansion of the market for technology products and services which is seen as dramatic for the average consumer. In comparison, prior knowledge of IT security issues by those who are stakeholders or inevitably deal with the IT sector has seriously lagged behind. Individuals could either be oblivious to the risks involved or simply inured with surfing the internet on their home network, brazenly without understanding the ramifications of doing so. Recognizing the dangers of unprotected networking and aiming to not postpone the process of learning about firewalls, virus scanners and encryptions can be seen as helpful in maintaining regular accountability of possible variances. For example, deployment of a technical solution such as a firewall may not necessarily be as effective as say, a layered approach to security which is enshrined in an IT security handbook.
Adoption of concrete, viable security policy and procedures in place for managers and employees to follow can be contemplated over through an IT security handbook which may be simply sidelined. Otherwise, technology defenses could be compromised easily through negligence before malicious behavior even sets the stage.
Security handbooks in the IT sector along with other sectors in the economy could prove to be handy. They can act as guides to mitigate various clouts.
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