A Change Management Policy governs the documenting, tracking, testing, and approving of system, network, security, and infrastructure changes.
Segregation of Environments
Development, staging, and production environments are segregated.
Configuration and Asset Management Policy
A Configuration and Asset Management Policy governs configurations for new sensitive systems
Availability
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy governs required processes for restoring the service or supporting infrastructure after suffering a disaster or disruption.
Testing the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan
The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan is periodically tested via tabletop exercises or equivalents. When necessary, Management makes changes to the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan based on the test results.
Backup Restoration Testing
Backed-up data is restored to a non-production environment at least annually to validate the integrity of backups.
Organizational Management
Security Awareness Training
Internal personnel complete annual training programs for information security to help them understand their obligations and responsibilities related to security.
Information Security Program Review
Management is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of the organization’s security policies and procedures. The policies and procedures are reviewed by management at least annually.
Information Security Policy
An Information Security Policy establishes the security requirements for maintaining the security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications, systems, infrastructure, and data.
Background Checks
Background checks or their equivalent are performed before or promptly after a new hires start date, as permitted by local laws.
Confidentiality
Data Classification Policy
A Data Classification Policy details the security and handling protocols for sensitive data.
Data Retention and Disposal Policy
A Data Retention and Disposal Policy specifies how customer data is to be retained and disposed of based on compliance requirements and contractual obligations.
Disposal of Customer Data
Upon customer request, Company requires that data that is no longer needed from databases and other file stores is removed in accordance with agreed-upon customer requirements.
Vulnerability Management
Vulnerability and Patch Management Policy
A Vulnerability Management and Patch Management Policy outlines the processes to efficiently respond to identified vulnerabilities.
Incident Response
Tracking a Security Incident
Identified incidents are documented, tracked, and analyzed according to the Incident Response Plan.
Incident Response Plan
An Incident Response Plan outlines the process of identifying, prioritizing, communicating, assigning and tracking confirmed incidents through to resolution.
Lessons Learned
After any identified security incident has been resolved, management provides a "Lessons Learned" document to the team in order to continually improve security and operations.
Risk Assessment
Risk Register
A risk register is maintained, which records the risk mitigation strategies for identified risks, and the development or modification of controls consistent with the risk mitigation strategy.
Risk Assessment
Formal risk assessments are performed, which includes the identification of relevant internal and external threats related to security, availability, confidentiality, and fraud, and an analysis of risks associated with those threats.
Risk Assessment and Treatment Policy
A Risk Assessment and Treatment Policy governs the process for conducting risk assessments to account for threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, and impact with respect to assets, team members, customers, vendors, suppliers, and partners. Risk tolerance and strategies are also defined in the policy.
Vendor Due Diligence Review
Vendor SOC 2 reports (or equivalent) are collected and reviewed on at least an annual basis.
Network Security
Network Security Policy
A Network Security Policy identifies the requirements for protecting information and systems within and across networks.
Endpoint Security
Company endpoints are managed and configured with a strong password policy, anti-virus, and hard drive encryption
Automated Alerting for Security Events
Alerting software is used to notify impacted teams of potential security events.
Access Security
Encryption-in-Transit
Service data transmitted over the internet is encrypted-in-transit.
Removal of Access
Upon termination or when internal personnel no longer require access, system access is removed, as applicable.
Access Control and Termination Policy
An Access Control and Termination Policy governs authentication and access to applicable systems, data, and networks.
Asset Inventory
A list of system assets, components, and respective owners are maintained and reviewed at least annually
Unique Access IDs
Personnel are assigned unique IDs to access sensitive systems, networks, and information
Encryption and Key Management Policy
An Encryption and Key Management Policy supports the secure encryption and decryption of app secrets, and governs the use of cryptographic controls.
Encryption-at-Rest
Service data is encrypted-at-rest.
Physical Security
Physical Security Policy
A Physical Security Policy that details physical security requirements for the company facilities is in place.