ISSC 499 Week #4

This week’s assignment will help you to fulfill the
requirements for the fourth course objective (CO-4: Prepare a plan to
design functions that encompass scoping a program or developing
procedures, processes, and architectures that guide work execution at
the program and/or system level). For this week’s assignment
instructions, please see below:
Assignment Instructions:
See this Web Site: http://www.faulkner.com.ezproxy2.apus.edu/products/securitymgt and read the Geoff Keston article titled “Developing A Security Communications Plan”.
According
to Keston (2013), “A mark of a mature security communications program
is the shift away from one-time messages, such as ad hoc emails. Such
messages are easily forgotten and are often hard to find after a few
weeks. A good security communications plan will include sending updates
and alerts as well as maintaining a repository of documentation.
Creating such a repository (or a consolidated document) makes
information easier to find, and it helps to link together disparate
elements into a unified plan.”
For
the purpose of this assignment, you are tasked as the Cybersecurity
Director to prepare a Security Communications Plan for execution at the
program level. You are to develop a security communications plan for
your organization that addresses the handling of all communications
related to security. Follow the requirements below:
REQUIREMENTS:
4 – 6 Pages in length in APA format (not including a cover page and reference section)
Cover Page
Develop a comprehensive security plan that does the following:
Identify archiving procedures
Establish approval processes for sending communications
Describe legal and regulatory requirements
Define key terms
Define severity levels and message types
Using
the definitions of severity levels and message types, diagram who
receives messages and through what means they receive them (e.g., text
messages)
The
plan will address the concerns of many constituents, including
executives, IT staff members, and end users, as well as customers and
partners. Each group has somewhat different needs, so it is helpful to
structure a plan to protect sensitive information from the entire group
and to make targeted information easy for its audience to find.

Reference Section
MISCELLANEOUS:
Your references should not be more than 5 years old
Your assignment is due by Sunday not later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.