On 8 December 2014, Cabinet approved the Protective Security Requirements (PSR) and directed all public service departments, together with the New Zealand Defence Force, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Parliamentary Counsel Office to implement the PSR.
Author: Monique
Compliance, a way to provide clients with the assurance that you can safeguard their information
Perform a search on compliance and you will find that there are many definitions. People have a slightly different view of what compliance means and what is included or not. In general, compliance means conforming, satisfying or adhering to a rule. This rule can be a specification, a policy, a standard, a law, a procedure or a requirement.
Information Security & Privacy as part of Project Management
A typical Project Management methodology doesn’t include details about ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information or the privacy of personal information. Experience has shown that too often the information security or privacy subject matter experts are not consulted about the project until the test phase, or even worse when the project needs to be signed off or is about to go live.