The protection of your company’s infrastructure could be improved by creating a separate department with sole responsibility for all aspects of IT security. The IT department faces an enormous range of management issues, of which IT security is one significant aspect. The fact is that if all IT security aspects are being handled adequately and sufficiently in advance, without any breaches, it is unlikely to be necessary to create a separate department. In order to determine if separation of IT security from the IT department is appropriate, it is first important to be aware of the IT and business drivers that influence security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For 2006, security is no longer the most pressing of the IT issues; it does, however, remain a major consideration. Security affects many aspects of IT — operational, complexity and risks of IT systems and measurement of value, to name just a few examples. If an organisation had a separate IT security department, this department would be solely responsible for not only the selection and maintenance of IT security solutions, but also for approving the new solutions requested by the IT department and the rest of the business. This responsibility is taken away from the IT department, leaving it to concentrate on fulfilling the organisation’s objectives. <\/p>\n
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