ShopNew PolicyShield Update Addresses Third-Party Security
New information security policy updates address security in third-party relationships, including vendors and customers.
HOUSTON, Texas – October 20, 2010 - Information Shield (www.informationshied.com) today announced the latest update of the PolicyShield Information Security Policy Subscription service. The latest release includes over 60 new sample policies focused on security of third-party relationships, including business partners and customers.
“Recent regulatory changes (HIPAA/HITECH) as well as new breaches involving contractors have created a renewed focus on securing third party relationships. ” said David Lineman, President of Information Shield. "As a result, we have seen a dramatic increase in pressure for organizations to demonstrate their compliance posture to third parties. This release will help organizations save money while documenting and securing third-party relationships with customers, service provides and business partners.”
PolicyShield is the first service that enables organizations to keep written security policies updated based on the latest threats. Many organizations don’t have the time or expertise to monitor the information security landscape for new threats and then prioritize and integrate them into written policies. PolicyShield is designed to reduce the burden on in-house staff and allow them to focus on other critical information security tasks.
PolicyShield is based on Information Security Policies Made Easy by Charles Cresson Wood, CISSP, CISM, CISA, which has been the “gold-standard” security policy reference library and used by more than 7000 customers in 59 different countries. PolicyShield takes this leading resource to the next level with more content, regular updates and an improved web-based interface.
PolicyShield contains everything an organization needs to build and maintain a complete set of written information security policies, including:
A Comprehensive Library of Information Security Policies - PolicyShield contains over 1500 pre-written information security policies covering all 123 different security topics within the ISO 17799:2005/27002 security standard. Each policy contains expert commentary on the risks mitigated by each policy, as well as links to related policies and filters to target policies based on organizational roles.
Regular Security Policy Updates - Each quarter subscribers receive information security and privacy policy updates in response the latest technologies, threats, and regulatory changes. PolicyShield includes real-world security incidents mapped to individual policies designed to help mitigate the risks of these incidents.
Time Saving Policy Development Tools - The PolicyShield Security Policy Resource Library contains a growing list of over 50 sample templates, checklists, whitepapers, and forms to help save time in policy development and deployment. The Resource Library contains 20 completely pre-written sample policy documents that are essential in most organizations.
Easy-to-Use Web Interface - PolicyShield's secure web-based system is easy to navigate and allows you to quickly locate the information you need, when you need it. Browse or search for security policies by keyword, ISO category or topic. Each policy contains a detail page with links to related policies, real-world incidents, and resources to help implement each policy with your organization. Easily locate policy-related development resources and news items.
Organizations can find or more or register for free policy samples from PolicyShield at www.informationshield.com
Information Shield is a global provider of information security, data privacy and security awareness products with over 9000 customers in 60 different countries. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Information Shield's library of publications allow organizations to effectively build policy-based security and privacy programs that focus on compliance with international regulations. For more information, please visit www.informationshield.com or email us at sales@informationshield.com.
