Designing and implementing network security policies can help protect all types of networks from

potential attacks. Appropriate network security policies close the gap between organizational security
objectives and specific organizational safety requirements for users and administrators. If an
organization tries to use a set of security tools without having at least one security policy in place,
then its network security strategy is meaningless

What is a Network Security Policy?

IT security policies are a set of rules and practices that an organization uses to manage and protect
network infrastructure. These policies must be defined, documented, implemented, updated and
evaluated to ensure network security. Therefore, the need for network security policies in any
organization cannot be ignored. Determines how policies are enforced and how to set up some basic
company security / network security environment[ CITATION ByEug \l 1033 ]

good quality security policy should meet the following requirements:

⚫ Purpose: Clear goals and expectations of the policy.
⚫ Policy compliance: Federal and State regulations may impose some privacy policy requirements, so
it's
important to list them.
⚫ Final test day: Policies need to be a live document and regularly tested and challenged.
⚫ Latest Updated Policy: Security policy documents need to be updated to accommodate changes in
the
organization, external threats and technology.
⚫ Contact: The information security policies are supposed to be read, understood and followed by all
individuals
in an organization and so if there is a question, an owner is required.

How do you Implement network security policies?

There are many ways to start and ensure network security. Audiences determine the content of the
network security policy. For example, you do not need to include the technical part of why a certain
policy requirement is intended by management. Or, these audiences may need an advanced summary
or terms that support the requirement. End users may be compliant with the network security policy
they know the "why" of its implementation.[ CITATION ByEug \l 1033 ]

How do you design network security policies?

To protect your network, there are three steps your organization must take to prepare, block, and
respond. Network security policies begin with a risk assessment, followed by the implementation of a
security management practice, and finally, an analysis or review to change existing policies.
Preparation
Preparation has its sub-categories. Before implementing a security policy, you must first do the
following: create a policy statement for use, conduct a risk analysis, and establish a security team
framework.

Create Usage Policy Statements

When creating user policy statements, it is advisable to have a framework for the roles and
responsibilities of the user in managing your network security.

Produce a Risk Analysis Study

Risk analysis aims to identify threats and threats to your network, network resources, and data

Build a Security Group Foundation

The security team of any organization should be led by the Security Manager. It is recommended that
there be representatives from each job or departmental area to have a security team working through
the crossing.

Prevention
The second category, Blocking, has two sub-categories: allowing security changes and monitoring
your network security.
Enabling Security Changes
The security team must identify specific network configuration requirements.

Response
The final category, Response, has 2 phases: security Violation and restoration

Security Violations
Having a good choice of an early decision makes the response more manageable. Quick decisions can
lead to a better chance of protecting network equipment, determining the size of the login, and
restoring normal operation.

Restoration
The final requirement for any security response is restoration. This is necessary in order to obtain
normal network functions.
I. Definition of disaster recovery plan (DRP)
A disaster recovery plan (DRP) is a structured, structured approach that provides guidance for coping
with unintended incidents. This step-by-step plan includes preventive measures to reduce minimizing
the impact of a disaster so that the organization can continue to operate or quickly recover important
mission functions. Typically, disaster recovery planning involves analysis of business processes and
ongoing needs. Before creating a blueprint, an organization usually conducts business impact analysis
and risk analysis and it establishes the recovery time objective and recovery point objective.
Recovery strategy
Disaster recovery strategies should start at the business level and determine which applications are
most important for running an organization. The recovery point objective describes the amount of
time a business application can stop working, usually measured in hours, minutes or seconds. When
determining recovery strategies, organizations should consider issues such as: Budget, Resources -
people and facilities, Position manager on risk, Technology, Data, Provider.

Steps for disaster recovery planning:

Before writing, risk analysis and business impact analysis help determine where resources are
concentrated in the
disaster recovery planning process. Business impact analysis identifies the impact of disruptive events
and is a
starting point to identify risks in the context of disaster recovery. It also creates recovery time
objectives and
recovery point objectives. Risk analysis identifies threats and gaps that can disrupt the operation of
systems and
processes highlighted in business impact analysis. Risk analysis assesses the likelihood of a disruptive
event and
outlines its potential severity. The disaster recovery plan checklist includes the following steps:
1. Setting the scope of activities: in order to clearly understand the scope of the operation of the plan,
determine the time of implementation clearly.
2. Collect related network infrastructure documents: to gain an understanding of the structure of
stakeholder
networks.
3. Identify the most serious threats and vulnerabilities and the most important assets: to promptly deal
with the
most devastated vulnerabilities and at the same time keep important assets such as data, timely. ..
4. Review the history of unforeseen incidents and outages, and how they are handled: in order for a
disaster to
repeat, businesses will have measures in place to handle it quickly and safely.
5. Identify current disaster recovery plan strategies: to ensure employees implement security on
schedule.
6. Identify an emergency response team: in case a disaster recovery plan is not finalized when a
disaster has
occurred.
7. Having management to consider and approve disaster recovery plans;
8. Check the plan: to improve the quality of the disaster recovery plan, make sure that the plan is or is
created
according to the set standards.
9. Update plan: to improve the plan more and more certain
10. Implementing a disaster recover plan audit: Apply a plan that has passed a test when a disaster
occurs.
The disaster recovery plan is a living document that covers all positions in the business from senior
management
to employees. It helps increase the value of the plan.

Types of disaster recovery plans:

⚫ Virtualization disaster recovery plan: Virtualization provides the opportunity to perform disaster
recovery in a
more efficient and simple manner. New virtual machine versions are created through a virtualized
environment in minutes. and provide application resilience through high availability.
⚫ Network disaster recovery plan: the complexity of the network increases, the development of a
network
recovery plan becomes more and more complex. It is important to detail the recovery process step by
step,
check it properly. ways and keep it up to date. Data in this plan will be specific to the network, such
as in
performance and network personnel.