Example Security Plan Template
Every organization is different, and you will need to customize the structure of this security plan to meet your needs.
You will neeed to:
- identify the threats that it faces,
- analyze and prioritize those threats,
- devise plans and strategies to reduce the likelihood of those threats occurring, have contingency plans ready in case those threats occur.
Corporate Security Plan Table of Contents
This is the comprehensive table of contents for a typical corporate plan produced by Binomial PlanBuilder for Security. Some organizations will not need all these sections.
Executive Summary
Many people will avoid reading a plan until the last minute. The executive summary module ensures allows people to obtain a quick overview of the plan without reading the details.
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Things to Know
1.3 Objective
Quick Reference
When something happens, the first question people will ask is What do I do now?.
This section helps them find the answer quickly.
2 QUICK REFERENCE
2.1 Objective of this Module
2.2 Where to Find It
Introduction to Security
When people read your plan, they need to understand what you are trying to do and why. An introductory section helps ensure that the reader is familiar with concepts and terminology in the plan.
3 INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY
3.1 Protection
3.2 Detection
3.3 Reaction
3.4 Documentation
3.5 Prevention
Aspects of Security
This section could alternatively be moved into an appendix. It discusses the nature of the threats which need to be considered and common counter-measures that may be deployed.
4 ASPECTS OF SECURITY
4.1 Physical Security
4.1.1 Introduction
4.1.2 Security threats
4.1.2.1 Design Approach
4.1.2.1.1 Protective Barriers
4.1.3 Planning & Administration
4.1.3.1 Facility Protection
4.1.3.2 Planning Facility Protection
4.1.3.3 Design Factors.
4.1.3.4 Surveys and Inspections.
4.1.3.5 Awareness and Education.
4.1.3.6 Security incident Reporting.
4.1.4 Exterior Protection
4.1.4.1 Perimeter Security Measures.
4.1.4.2 Physical Barriers
4.1.4.3 Fencing
4.1.4.4 Gates.
4.1.4.5 Protective Lighting
4.1.4.6 Doors
4.1.4.7 Windows
4.1.4.8 Manholes, Grates and Storm Drains
4.1.4.9 Roof Openings
4.1.4.10 Mechanical Areas
4.1.4.11 Building HVAC Systems
4.1.4.12 Fire Escapes and Building Walls
4.1.4.13 Facilities in Remote Locations
4.1.4.14 Alarms
4.1.4.15 Security Guards
4.1.4.16 Protecting Utility Areas
4.1.4.16.1 Transformers
4.1.4.16.2 Connections and Lines
4.1.4.17 Protecting Public Areas
4.1.5 Interior Protection
4.1.5.1 Interior Security Controls
4.1.5.2 Area Designations
4.1.5.2.1 Restricted Area
4.1.5.2.2 Controlled Area
4.1.5.2.3 Unrestricted Area
4.1.5.2.4 Strongrooms
4.1.5.3 Identification, Admittance & Interior Movement Control
4.1.5.3.1 Employee Entry & Monitoring
4.1.5.3.1.1 Personal Identification
4.1.5.3.1.2 Artificial Access Identification Systems
4.1.5.3.2 Contractors
4.1.5.3.3 Visitors
4.1.5.3.3.1 Visitor Control/Screening System
4.1.5.3.3.2 Visitor ID Accountability System
4.1.5.3.4 Vehicle Control
4.1.5.3.5 Material Control
4.1.5.3.6 Guard Duties
4.2 Information Security
4.2.1 Server Security
4.2.2 Work Station Security
4.2.3 Network Security
4.2.4 Firewalls
4.2.5 Website / Internet
4.2.6 Communications Security
4.2.7 Data Compromised
4.2.8 Securing Applications
4.2.8.1 Why secure applications?
4.2.8.2 What should be included in a risk assessment?
4.2.8.3 Securing applications
4.2.8.4 Putting the puzzle together
4.2.9 Attacks
4.2.9.1 Social Engineering
4.2.9.2 Virus/Trojan Horses
4.2.9.3 Denial of Service
4.2.9.4 IP Spoofing
4.2.9.5 Worm
4.2.9.6 Replay Attack
4.2.9.7 Theft of Information
4.2.10 Actions to Take Now to Improve IT Security
4.3 Travel Security
4.3.1 Airports & Airplanes
4.3.2 Hotels
4.3.3 Laptops
4.3.3.1 The Loss
4.3.3.2 Use a Cable Lock
4.3.3.3 Don't Advertise with a Laptop Case
4.3.3.4 Be vigilant at Checkpoints
4.3.3.5 Keep Your Laptop Near
4.3.3.6 Don't Clutter Your Laptop Case
4.3.3.7 Laptop Travel Tips
4.3.3.8 Protect Information on Your Laptop
4.3.3.9 Back Up Data
4.3.3.10 Practice Good Password Hygiene
4.3.3.11 Use Two Factor Authentication
4.3.3.12 Choose Your Hot Spots Carefully
4.3.4 Cars/Taxis
4.3.5 Cell phones
4.3.5.1 Risks of Eavesdropping
4.3.5.2 Risks of Recording
4.3.5.3 Traffic Analysis
4.3.5.4 Geolocation
4.3.5.5 Other Cell Phone Security Risks
4.4 Identity Theft
4.5 Human Resources
4.5.1 Termination
4.6 Inside Security
Security Requirements
This section discusses the specific security requirements of your organization.
5 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Security Risk Assessment
This section analyzes the security risks of your organization.
6 SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT
Security Teams
To effectively manage security, it is desirable to assign responsibilities to various.
Some of the teams here can be merged with business continuity teams (if your organization has a business continuity plan) or, if you have a smaller organization, merged with each other.
Each team should know what its responsibilities are, what it needs to do to prepare for a secruity incident, what its objectives are during a security incident, and what it should do after the security incident has been dealt with.
7 SECURITY TEAMS
7.1 Security Management Team
7.1.1 Responsibilities
7.1.2 Preparation Tasks
7.1.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.1.4 Response Tasks
7.1.5 Notes
7.2 Plan Development Team
7.2.1 Responsibilities
7.2.2 Preparation Tasks
7.2.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.2.4 Response Tasks
7.2.5 Notes
7.3 Situation Inspection Team
7.3.1 Responsibilities
7.3.2 Preparation Tasks
7.3.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.3.4 Response Tasks
7.3.5 Notes
7.4 Exercise Management Team
7.4.1 Responsibilities
7.4.2 Preparation Tasks
7.4.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.4.4 Response Tasks
7.4.5 Notes
7.5 Physical Security Team
7.5.1 Responsibilities
7.5.2 Preparation Tasks
7.5.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.5.4 Response Tasks
7.5.5 Notes
7.6 Logical (IT) Security Team
7.6.1 Responsibilities
7.6.2 Preparation Tasks
7.6.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.6.4 Response Tasks
7.6.5 Notes
7.7 Security Incident Response Team
7.7.1 Responsibilities
7.7.2 Preparation Tasks
7.7.3 During-Security incident Tasks
7.7.4 Response Tasks
7.7.5 Notes
Actions to Take Now
During the planning and analysis process, a list of actions which need to be taken will be identified. This is where they go.
8 ACTIONS TO TAKE NOW
8.1 Steps To Improve Physical Security
8.2 Steps To Improve Logical Security
Exerising The Plan
A plan which only exists on the shelf, or on a hard drive on a server, is not one that will be successfully put into practice when the need arises. This section describes the various methods by which the plan will be tested, exercised, and improved.
9 EXERCISING THE PLAN
9.1 General
9.2 Emergency Drills
9.3 Exercises
9.3.1 Walk-Through Exercise
9.3.2 Functional Exercise
9.3.3 Simulation Exercise
9.3.4 Full-Scale Exercise
9.4 Scope Of The Exercise
9.4.1 Component Exercise
9.4.2 Plan Exercise
9.4.3 Process Exercise
9.4.4 Exercise Description
9.5 Exercise Frequency
9.6 Exercise Responsibility
9.6.1 Exercise Management Team
9.6.2 Application Team(s)
9.7 Data Collection
9.8 Internal Reviews & Critiques
9.8.1 Evaluation
9.8.2 Internal Tracking
9.9 External Reviews & Critiques
9.9.1 Schedule
9.9.2 Location
9.9.3 Participants
9.9.4 Agenda
9.9.5 Action Item Tracking
9.9.6 Acknowledgements
9.10 Test Suggestions
Training
The people who will execute the plan need to be trained if the plan is going to successfully be put into action.
10 TRAINING
10.1 General
10.2 Who Should Be Trained
10.3 Specific Functional Training
10.4 Training Phases
10.4.1 A Framework For Training Response Teams
10.4.2 Pre-Planning Training & Awareness
10.4.3 Planning Methodology Training
10.4.4 Plan Role & Responsibility
10.4.5 Pre-Exercise Training
10.5 Response Procedures Training
10.5.1 Purpose
10.5.2 Building Accoutrements
10.5.3 The Human Element
10.6 Primary Procedures For Emergency Response
10.6.1 Bomb Threat & Search Procedures
10.6.1.1 Terrorist Bombing
10.6.1.1 Bomb Threat
10.6.2 Evacuation Procedures
10.6.3 Severe Weather
10.6.4 Medical Emergencies
10.7 Suggested Scenarios
10.7.1 Technological Accident
10.7.2 Natural security incidents
10.7.3 Business Crises
10.7.4 External Threats/ Other Hazards
10.7.5 External Threats due to Location
10.7.6 Human Factors
10.8 Supporting Document References
Maintenance
To ensure that the plan continues to meet the organziation's needs, it needs to be maintained. This section discusses these requirements.
11 MAINTENANCE
11.1 Purpose
11.2 Sequential Steps
11.2.1 Assessment of the Situation
11.2.2 Security Policy Formulation
11.2.3 Security Plan Development
11.2.4 Plan Implementation
11.2.5 Inspection and Testing
11.2.6 Evaluation
11.3 Maintenance Reasons
11.4 Maintenance Reports
11.5 Maintenance Schedule
11.6 Maintenance Log
Auditing
A plan audit assures everyone that the actions detailed in the plan are being taken, and that the plan meets its requirements. This section discusses and describes how the plan will ber audited.
12 AUDITING
12.1 Auditing The Plan
12.2 Auditing Corporate Security Plans
12.2.1 The Plan Manager
12.2.2 Determination of Criticality
12.2.3 Resourcing
12.3 Copies of the Plan
12.4 Staff Training & Awareness
12.5 Off-Site Storage Of Documentation
12.6 Interdependencies
12.7 Corporate Security & Recovery
12.8 Testing & Exercises
12.9 Maintenance Of The Plan
12.10 Does The Plan Make Sense
Appendices
There is a lot of information that is useful for the plan reader and for those who will execute the plan, but does not form part of the plan itself. These are some of the appendices that could be included.
1 SECURITY TERMS
1.1 GLOSSARY OF INFORMATION SECURITY TERMS
1.2 GLOSSARY OF NETWORK SECURITY TERMS
1.3 GLOSSARY OF PHYSICAL SECURITY TERMS
2 PASSWORDS
3 POLICIES
3.1 SERVER SECURITY POLICY
4 REFERENCES
5 FORMS
6 SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
7 SECURITY MISTAKES
8 SECURITY CHECKLISTS
8.1 GENERAL SECURITY ISSUES
8.2 UNIFORMED SECURITY OPERATIONS
8.3 PERIMETER BARRIERS AND CONTROLS
8.4 GATE SECURITY AND CONSTRUCTION
8.5 VEHICLE CONTROL AND PERIMETER ENTRY POINT ACCESS
9 STRONGROOMS
10 INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS
11 GUARD SERVICES
11.1 Personnel Requirements
11.1.1 Manpower
11.1.2 Armed Guards
11.1.3 Supervision
11.2 GUARD SERVICES STATEMENT OF WORK
11.2.1 Scope of Work
11.2.2 Contract Effort Required
11.2.3 Services Required
11.2.4 Supervision
11.2.5 Authority and Jurisdiction
11.2.6 Use of Force Policy
11.2.7 Regulations and Procedures
11.2.8 Equipment, Uniforms and Materials
11.2.9 Qualification of Personnel
11.2.10 Suitability Requirements
11.2.11 Special Requirements for Supervisors
11.2.12 Training
11.2.13 Reporting Work
11.2.14 Removal from Duty
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