July’s hot awareness topic: digital forensics

Digital forensics - the capture and analysis of digital evidence for use in court - is an increasingly important topic not just for law enforcement but for ordinary organizations and even individuals. 

The forensic investigation of computers, cellphones, PDAs, USB memory sticks etc. is a tedious, painstaking process involving the systematic collection, storage, examination, analysis and interpretation of the data they contain.

Digital forensics is a completely new topic for NoticeBored, our 35^th information security focus area so far. While we do not know of any competing security awareness products that cover forensics, it’s a fascinating topic for those who enjoy whodunnit thrillers or watch CSI Miami. Awareness of the procedures and issues involved in digital or computer forensics might just interest technical employees enough to take up the challenge and complete the training, and should give management the basic knowledge to be able to select and/or work with digital forensic services from third party specialists or indeed the police and forensic science units. 

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Policy manual updated

We are delighted to say that our information security policy manual continues to sell strongly. It is particularly popular among organizations implementing the ISO/IEC 27000-series (“ISO27k”) information security management standards. 

The original manual took literally years to develop and continues evolving to this day. The most recent changes include updates to the embedded information security glossary, partly to reflect the release of ISO/IEC 27000:2009, plus various other minor tweaks to ensure that (to the best of our knowledge) the manual adapts to suit current and emerging information security risks and controls. Given that the ISO/IEC 27001 and 27002 standards are currently being extensively revised by SC27, the ISO/IEC committee responsible, we anticipate making more dramatic structural and content changes over the next few years. The fact that we actively contribute to SC27 means that we have a head-start on the changes

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