Five Best Practices for Information Security Governance

Cyber threats are rapidly increasing in the business world as cyber criminals continue to discover new ways to evade defenses and target valuable data. According to the ITRC Data Breach Report, over 169 million personal records were exposed in 2015 alone from more than 700 publicized breaches across the financial, business, education, government and healthcare sectors. Impacted by data growth, new technologies and evolving cyber threats, organizations must work even harder to effectively set the strategies, framework and policies for securing all of their information. This white paper will provide best practices and guidelines by answering the following questions:

• How is Information Security Governance defined?
• What are the misconceptions about Information Security Governance?
• Why is Information Security Governance important?
• Who is responsible for Information Security Governance?