Risk managers usually put into consideration the many mechanisms of preventing or controlling risks and then choose the most appropriate method regarding to the resources and goals of the company. After selection and implementation, there must be monitoring of the method in order to produce the intended outcome (Burstein, 2010)
The responsibilities and duties of which the security manger is accountable for collide with the ultimate objective of the company: protecting people and securing travel. Security manger in the field of Transportation Security Administration is a core aspect of the presence of the whole presence of security in the airport (Fay, 2007)
In order to find out the differing functions that security managers perform in different organizations, we can describe the key functions of the security manager in a generalized perspective of the business sector. The roles of all security managers in different organizations are very significant in safeguarding the security needs in their areas of specialization (Hess, 2009)
Although the security manager position may differ depending on the organization in question, the main aspect of this position is to govern the security operations taking place in an organization. Security managers are responsible for establishing and implementing security policies to make sure the environment is safe for the visitors and the employees (Sennewald, 2011)
Security management functions best as a preventive mechanism rather than as a reactive mechanism. Companies experience maximum advantage when they put their risks into consideration in the course of recommendable performance and when they are experiencing growth to maintain profitability and growth (Whitman & Mattord, 2010)
Scale-up is achieved by increasing the computing power of a single machine by adding CPUs, memory, or enhancing the networking components and storage systems. Scale-out, on the other hand, is accomplished by the addition of more servers to the system to spread the workload over a number of machines (Keehn, 2002)
In many cases, education can overcome this philosophical barrier. Unfortunately, often only severe losses from a security breakdown will prompt appropriate, albeit late, action (Luehlfing et al
The second biggest concern is the company's customer base. The third set of vulnerabilities relates to the company's property, product, and equipment (Phelps, 1994, p
Programmed operation and system responses should be checked manually. For example, a security manager should open a door and then monitor system response, including proper alarm activation and other outputs like cameras (Truncer & Field, 1997, p
Discovering that my own abilities as an information security officer will always be somewhat limited by the executive strategies put in place by my superiors was an enlightening, and yet humbling, revelation that will surely inform my decision making in the future. When one considers the recent advisement issued by the Information Systems Security Association that "no matter how much technology is applied to an issue, it only takes one human mistake or action to defeat the technology and open an organization up to attacks" (Anderson, 2013), it becomes readily apparent that protecting an organization's invaluable collection of data requires a true commitment to cooperation and collaboration
The ongoing effort to achieve a legitimate level of data protection, while allowing that same data to flow freely throughout the proper organizational channels, will likely represent my most daunting challenge as an information security analyst, but after my experience studying the field in ISSC680, I now feel fully prepared to meet this challenge head on. After reading an article published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, entitled Embedding Information Security Into the Organization, I found myself contemplating the authors' advice that "as security professionals work to elevate the level of security education and knowledge within their companies, one of the first hurdles is to reach a point at which organization members know what questions to ask and how to find the services they need" (Johnson & Goetz, 2007)
By approaching the various methodologies and procedures used by information security analysts in the field, and contemplating how I may apply them within my own career, I found my confidence increasing as my base of knowledge continued to expand. As the authors of Information Security Fundamentals state in the introduction to their expansive volume, the book "was designed to give the information security professional a solid understanding of the fundamentals of security and the entire range of issues the practitioner must address" (Peltier, Peltier & Blackley, 2005)
According to Richard Hampton, who is the head of Security Management at the National Health Service (NHS) Security Management Service (SMS), indicated that the very first charges that need to be defined during the formulation of the national strategy for healthcare security are in relation to violence. (Colling and York, 2010) The issue of violence is well-known to the healthcare community as it has been trying to combat this issue since years
These factors include; diverse and geographically dispersed airports, relatively open air bases and protected infrastructures such as nuclear reactors and chemical plants. (Elias, 2009) The aviation security is important because of the increasing number of terrorists, who aim at exploiting the general aviation sector to damage the protected ad critical infrastructure and the high profile targets
Figure 1 shows the taxonomy-based approach often used by enterprise software companies including Infor, Oracle, SAP and others. Figure 1: Taxonomy-based Approach to Role-based Application Development Source: (Cuppens, Cuppens-Boulahia, 2008) Enterprise security management strategies on the part of companies have forced enterprise software vendors to take a more multidimensional approach to how they design, implement and support their applications
This leads to many enterprises continually churning through risk management programs and initiatives. Burning thousands of hours and millions of dollars in the process (Kangasharju, Lindholm, Tarkoma, 2008)
Best practices in enterprise security management focus on how to use the global requirements for audit compliance including COBIT, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ISO/IEC 17799 and other security and audit standards (Robinson, 2005). Combining Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) as part of a broader strategy of enterprise security management ensures higher levels of compliance while also anticipating and responding to compliance regulations (Maner, 1999)
In essence, the well-known functions of management play an important role for Canadian managers dealing with border issues. The four functions of management are: planning, organizing, directing (leading), and controlling (Erven)