Acceptable Usage Policy for Network Resources

Acceptable Usage Policy for Network Resources
Last Updated: 24 Aug 2003
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Here are some documents to assist you in developing an
appropriate Usage Policy for your network. You should be
sure to enlist the support of Upper Management and HR
before embarking on this sort of project, as it is not the
role of IT to enforce company policies.

IT will only be successful in implementing technology
according to existing policies, leaving the enforcement to
others.

To quote a well-respected Exchange Guru:  "There are seldom
good technological solutions to behavioral problems..."


SECURITY POLICIES

• http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/policies/policies.htm
• http://www.baselinesoft.com/
• http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc2196.html
• http://www.cert.org/security-improvement/
• http://www.itpapers.com/supercategory/security.html
• http://www.research.ucsf.edu/IT/ITpoliciesAcu.asp


ANTIVIRUS POLICIES

• http://www.antivirus.com/download/whitepapers/whitepapers_include.htm#Corporate%20Virus%20Protection
• http://www.trusecure.com/html/tspub/whitepaper_index.shtml


ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (AUP) RESOURCES

• http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci213795,00.html
• http://netizen.uoregon.edu/templates/district_policy.html
• http://netizen.uoregon.edu/templates/model_policy.html
• http://www.nmusd.k12.ca.us/forms/aup.pdf
• http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/acceptable.html
• http://www.sans.org/newlook/resources/policies/policies.htm
• http://compnetworking.about.com/compute/compnetworking/library/weekly/aa021700a.htm?rnk=r7&terms=IT+policy
• http://www.techrepublic.com/download_item.jhtml?id=dr00220010327van01.htm
• http://www.techrepublic.com/download_item.jhtml?id=dr00520000724bal01.htm


OTHER IT POLICY DOCUMENTS

• http://www.itil-itsm-world.com/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/


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