Identify & Assess Security Of Assets



Identify & Assess Security Of Assets

SECTION 1

Question 1

Establishing a security program for the coordination and management of departmental security activities that:

Has a governance structure with clear accountabilities

Has defined objectives that are aligned with departmental and government-wide policies, priorities and plans; and

Is monitored, assessed and reported on to measure management efforts, resources and success toward achieving its expected results;

Appointing an executive or executives to coordinate and oversee the provision of support services to departments

Appointing a departmental security officer (DSO) functionally responsible to the deputy head or to the departmental executive committee to manage the departmental security program

Approving the departmental security plan that details decisions for managing security risks and outlines strategies, goals, objectives, priorities and timelines for improving departmental security and supporting its implementation;

Ensuring that managers at all levels integrate security and identity management requirements into plans, programs, activities and services

Question 2

How do you think the criteria of selecting the location are appropriate?

What should be the factors considered while securing an asset regarding to the location?

What are the risks to each of these assets?

How much time, effort, and money is the organization willing to expend to upgrade or obtain new adequate protection against these threats?

Do you have any contingency plan regarding the security of assets?

Question 3

While photocopied versions of legal documents can be legally accepted in court proceedings, originals are always preferred because it is easier to show that the document has not been altered in any way. If you do make copies of a contract, you want to make sure that every page of the contract is clear and perfectly legible. If there is anything that is not legible on a contract copy, it may be deemed inadmissible in the event of a court hearing. (Talbot 2009)

A legal document is usually only considered valid if the signatures of all parties involved are on it. It is best that the document be signed or initialed on every page so that there cannot be a later claim that pages were added to the contract without the signer's knowledge. Signatures verify that everything in the document has been agreed upon and shall be followed by all the parties involved. If an agreement exists that has not been signed, then the agreement can be voided. Likewise, any changes to the written contract need to be initialed by all parties, otherwise the changes can be unenforceable and will not hold up in court since they could have been added after the signing without a signer's knowledge or permission.

Not only should a legal document be signed by all concerned parties, but any party signing it needs to have the official capacity to sign that document. If two companies are entering a legal agreement, the representatives signing the contract need to have the authority to speak on behalf of the company they are supposed to represent. If someone signs a contract and does not have the proper authority to speak on behalf of that company, the resulting agreement can be ...