Risks and threats found in the Remote Access Domain

Create a Remote Access Policy (0/7 completed)Note: As you found in your research, different industries have similar but different policies. When using a policy template, it is important to ensure that the template matches the needs of your specific industry and business.

1. Review the following risks and threats found in the Remote Access Domain:
   The organization is a local credit union that has several branches and locations throughout the region.
   Online banking and use of the internet are the bank’s strengths, given its limited human resources.
   The customer service department is the organization’s most critical business function.
   The organization wants to be in compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and IT security best practices regarding its employees.
   The organization wants to monitor and control use of the internet by implementing content filtering.
   The organization wants to eliminate personal use of organization-owned IT assets and systems.
   The organization wants to monitor and control use of the e-mail system by implementing e-mail security controls.
   The organization wants to implement security awareness training policy mandates for all new hires and existing employees. Policy definitions are to include GLBA and customer privacy data requirements, in addition to a mandate for annual security awareness training for all employees.
2. Identify a security control or countermeasure to mitigate each risk and threat identified in the Remote Access Domain. These security controls or countermeasures will become the basis of the scope of the Remote Access Domain policy definition to help mitigate the risks and threats commonly found within the Remote Access Domain.
3. Review the following characteristics of the fictional Healthwise Health Care Provider:

Healthwise has several remote health care branches and locations throughout the region.
Online access to patients’ medical records through the public Internet is required for remote nurses and hospices providing in-home medical services.
Online access to patients’ medical records from remote clinics is facilitated through a virtual private network (VPN) and a secure web application front-end over the public Internet.
The organization wants to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and IT security best practices regarding remote access through the public internet.
The organization wants to monitor and control the use of remote access by implementing system logging.
The organization wants to implement a security awareness training policy mandating that all new hires and existing employees obtain remote access security training. Policy definition is to include HIPAA and electronic protected health information (ePHI) security requirements and a mandate for annual security awareness training for all remote or mobile employees.

1. Create an organization-wide remote access policy for Healthwise Health Care:
   Healthwise Health Care
   Remote Access Policy for Remote Workers and Medical Clinics
   Policy Statement
   Define your policy verbiage.
   Purpose/Objectives
   Define the policy’s purpose as well as its objectives and policy definitions
   Scope
   Define whom this policy covers and its scope. What elements, IT assets, or organization-owned assets are within this policy’s scope?
   Standards
   Does the policy statement point to any hardware, software, or configuration standards? If so, list them here and explain the relationship of this policy to these standards. In this case, Remote Access Domain standards should be referenced, such as encryption standards and VPN standards; make any necessary assumptions.