Information Security Policies at Universities: A Case study

Abstract

This paper discusses the information security importance in the universities, and highlights the security threats that they are facing, and the reasons that makes the universities facing these threats. The paper discusses the importance of the existence of an Information Security Document, followed by set of regulations and procedures. Without these regulations, not committing any security criminal act becomes a matter of ethics which many people may have different views according to their culture. This paper presents an Information Security Document for one of the universities as a case study, followed by a set of recommendations. Keywords: Information Security, Information Security Document, Information Security Management, ISO27000