Goals of Information Technology Security Policy. IT & Computer Science

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Goals of Information Technology Security Policy
Information Technology Security Policy refers to the procedures and rules regulating the access and use of information technology resources and assets in an organization. An effectively formulated IT Security policy incorporates the firm’s culture, where the rules and procedures are based on the employee’s approach to information resources (Brar and Gulshan 3). Therefore, a robust Information Technology Security Policy is formulated depending on how employees view and value their information and work as well as their perspective on risk tolerance.
A typical Information Technology Security Policy has three main objectives, which entail preserving availability, confidentiality, and integrity of information in the organization. Thus, a network administrator in a university must ensure that a policy that governs availability, confidentiality, and integrity of the network’s information is put in place (Brar and Gulshan 3). One of the goals of the Information Techno...