Apple must follow many policies to keep information safe and secure from system failure and hackers. They will need to employee people to work in a security department where they keep internal and external information safe.

information and information systems from unauthorised access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, , inspection, recording or destruction from an external source that does not have the right to do so.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_securityApple as a company will need to keep their information secure from all threats. Apple will store its own personal information as a company such as designs and ideas. It is important to secure these as losing them to another company or the public could cause major losses.  Apple also stores a lot of their customer’s information in the form of credit card details, email addresses and home addresses. Keeping this information safe is vitally important as it keeps their customers trust and safety.  Integrity and Retention of Personal InformationApple makes it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. This shows that Apple have stated that they make it easy for their customers to access their own information. The main way in which Apple will keep their own information and customer information safe is with the Data Protection Act.http://www.apple.com/privacy/◊ Back upsBacking up is keeping information is several places to make sure it is secure and able to be regained if lost.Apple will need to back up their information because losing it due to system failure or a virus could cause huge losses. Apple stores thousands of customer’s information and would lose a lot of them if their information went missing or ended up in the wrong hands. Ideas and designs can take years to do and losing them would be very costly and could set them back years in the production cycle.  This is the main reason why Apple set up a back-up system which constantly saves files in case a problem arises. ◊ Health and Safety.Apple also has regulations for computer usage where RSI can occur.  Apples employees that work with securing information are working on computers and screens all day. They will need to make sure that there screens lighting is correct and positioning of screen is correct , to abide  by health and safety policy’s and therefore avoid RSI. ◊ Organisational PoliciesThe Data Protection Act 1998 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which defines UK law on the processing of data on identifiable living people. It is the main piece of legislation that governs the protection of personal data in the UK.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_Act_1998Apple will make sure that all their employees agree to the Date Protection Act. This means that any employees that can access all of the company’s internal and external information cannot use or display it, if they do they can be sued and taken to court. This is why organisational policies are put into place to protect ideas and customers.◊ Business Continuance PlansBusiness continuity planning (BCP) “identifies an organization's exposure to internal and external threats and synthesizes hard and soft assets to provide effective prevention and recovery for the organization, whilst maintaining competitive advantage and value system integrity”.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_continuity_planningApple has disaster recovery and business continuity plans to address reasonably possible events that can compromise the operation of a critical business function related to the CA. These plans are tested at least annually and the results of the tests are reported to the PA. A recovery site is located at least 50 miles from the primary site and backups of essential business information are performed daily. Backups of the Root CA and Sub-CA private keys are performed when the key is generated. Backup of private keys follows an m of n backup scheme and taken to secure off-site locations in a timely manner.http://images.apple.com/certificateauthority/pdf/Apple_Certificate_Policy_v1.2.pdf ◊ Costs – Additional resources needed Costs of developmentAs a company it will cost money to back up and secure information using certain equipment and software. Apple will need to check with finance to make sure that they have enough money to obtain this software and equipment.  As apple gains more information they may need additional resources in the form, of employees or equipment. Apple will need to assess the cost of development for protecting information; this will mean they will need to employee a department that control the protection of information.  ◊ Increasing SophisticationApple as a company will need to increase the fluidity and sophistication of customer access to their own information while keeping it protected. They will need to keep protection but still allow access. They will need to create software that allows this process.   In conclusion Apple must follow many policies’ to keep information safe and secure from system failure and hackers. They will need to employee people to work in a security department where they keep internal and external information safe. They will need to follow the health and safety policy. Keeping information safe is key and backing it up is important and costly so gaining additional resources and costing these developments is important. This will increase sophistication of Apple Inc.