New and upcoming IT security policies at K-State will be the topic of SIRT’s next IT security roundtable discussion this Friday, Jan. 16, 9:00-10:30 a.m. in Union 213. IRMC has been developing IT security policies and has passed several in recent months that affect everyone at K-State. Furthermore, the State of Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit recently performed a follow-up review of a 2005 security audit with numerous policy recommendations that IRMC will address this spring.
Come to this roundtable to hear about new policies in the following areas that are in the final stages of the approval process, some currently under review, and others that will be proposed this spring:
- Security incident reporting and handling (approved and in effect)
- Data classification and security (waiting for final approval)
- Media sanitization and disposal (under review)
- Physical security (in draft)
- Proposed policies covering:
- Access controls and remote access
- System development
- Operations (secure storage of backups, configuration management, audit logs, etc.)
- Security management (firewall policy, vulnerability assessment, etc.)
- A new state policy on mandatory security awareness and training
Harvard Townsend, K-State’s chief information security officer, will facilitate the discussion. The IT security roundtable is open to anyone.
