The CISO of the organization reaches out to you, the senior information security officer, and tasks you with creating an agency-wide security awareness program. He states that he will give you all of his support to complete this project (remember, this is the first component of security awareness program). He hands you a security gap analysis (the second component of a security awareness program) that was conducted, which shows 10 major security findings. These 10 deficiencies will serve as the foundation for developing the agency’s security awareness program
Based on the scenario provided in the Case Document, develop the Introduction to your Proposal. In your introduction, be sure to include the purpose of the proposal, address the security concerns of the chief executive officer (CEO), explain why the security awareness proposal will be vital to the organization, describe how the security posture will be addressed, clarify how human factors will be assessed, and list any organizational factors that will contribute to the status of the security posture.
10 security gaps:
1. No annual cyber security awareness training, which is causing high phishing and social engineering attacks
2. No configuration change management policy (to reduce unintentional threats)
3. No intrusion detection/prevention system
4. Logs are not being collected or analyzed
5. No media access control policy
6. No encryption or hashing to control data flow and unauthorized alteration of data
7. Vulnerability assessment is conducted every three years; unable to assess the security posture status
8. High turnover and low morale among the employees (due to lack of employee readiness programs and work planning strategy)
9. High number of theft reports and security incidents; possible unethical/disgruntled employees
10. No segregation of duties or mandatory vacation policies (to mitigate intentional threats)