Imagine that you have been recently promoted to serve as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for a Fortune 500 organization. This organization has known brand products across the world and expects top-secret methods for safeguarding proprietary information on its recipes and product lines. The Board of Directors request that their information security strategy be upgraded to allow greater opportunities of secure cloud collaboration between suppliers and resellers of their products. Another concern they have is the recent number of hacktivist attacks that have caused the network to fail across the enterprise. Their concern extends to making sure that they have controlled methods for accessing secured physical areas within their various regional facilities.
Part 2: Request for Proposal (RFP) Plan
2. Develop a Request for Proposal (RFP) plan to solicit qualified vendors that could partner with your internal team to deliver optimum IT service delivery. The RFP Plan should contain qualifying criteria of potential vendors and the responsibilities of the vendor once the contract is awarded. As part of the plan, you must: a. Describe at least two (2) perspectives that need to be closely monitored within the contract. b. Give your perspective on at least two (2) methods that could be used to evaluate and develop a qualified trusted supplier list.
Part 3: Physical Security Plan
3. Recommend a physical security plan that could be used to protect sensitive areas such as telecom rooms, employee only areas, and manufacturing facilities in which you: a. Include at least three (3) specific methods.
Part 4: Enterprise Information Security Compliance Program
4. Establish an enterprise information security compliance program that addresses the concerns of the board of directors of the organization in which you: a. Describe specific plans and control objectives that could be adopted to address the known issues. b. Suggest at least three (3) information security policies that could be developed and practiced within the organization for data security assurance. c. Outline the steps you would take to define the security needs of the organization in terms of duties, staffing, training, and processes.
Part 5: Risk Management Plan
5. Develop a risk management plan in which you: a. Describe at least three (3) possible risk management efforts that could be used to assess threats and unknown issues. b. Determine why defining priorities is an important part of the process when enumerating and having efficient risk control measures. c. Suggest specific technical and management controls that could be enacted in order to monitor risks accurately.