IT Security Management
The role of IT Security in a corporation is to protect against unauthorised access which may result is data loss and manipulation. Defending assets by protecting them against system failure is also vital, along with protecting storage of data and protecting the corporation against accidents.
The role of IT Security Management is to lead, guide and shape an organisation in the area of security whether it’s physical security, network security, communicational security, operational security and information security. An IT manager will have to manage all the IT Security within a corporation within the constraints set by the corporation itself and advise them on what is needed, what can be done and what should be done to improve the IT Security in regards to corporate compliance. As well as that the role of IT security Management in a corporate compliance is to make sure that a corporations rules, regulations, specifications, polices, laws and standards are met these can also be met through the corporations objectives. Failure to meet these compliances can mean severe consequence for example the UK government lost 25 million child benefit records from 2 cd’s that were sent unrecorded using the courier TNT. The corporation failed to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 as precautions were not taken to keep the data secured which criticised the government about the protection of data and undermined their reputation in data protection.