Educause Security Discussion: Re: Security Program: NIST, ISO, other?

[Blake Penn <BPenn () TRUSTWAVE COM>]

The PCI DSS is a good data security standard for the protection of CHD and using PCI DSS standards in part or in whole 
to protect other high-value data (SSNs, PHI, etc.) can be useful as well.  However, it is not an actual ISMS like ISO 
27001 as it is not based on risk management driven program governance.

Blake Penn
CISSP, PCIP, MCSE, MCSD, MCDBA, QSA, ISMS Principal Auditor
Principal Consultant
Trustwave
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christopher Jones
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:48 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Security Program: NIST, ISO, other?

When we were conducting a gap analysis for PCI-DSS, our QSA recommended that we adopt the 12 PCI standards as our 
overriding security policy.  Has anyone had similar advice or considered doing this?

Christopher Jones
IT Security Analyst
University of the Fraser Valley
Christopher.Jones () ufv ca<mailto:Christopher.Jones () ufv ca>


From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Wright, 
A J (A. J.)
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 6:37 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU<mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Subject: [SECURITY] Security Program: NIST, ISO, other?

Hello all,

At the University of Tennessee, our security program is based on the NIST 800 Series special publications rather than 
ISO 27001.  While we don't claim to implement 100% of it (it wouldn't be appropriate,) we're making heavy use of 
FIPS199, 800-37, 800-53, 800-66, etc.

I've had staff calling and emailing around asking this, but I figured I'd ask this list also: what is your school's 
security program based on?

Thanks,
ajw
--
A. J. Wright
Chief Information Security Officer

University of Tennessee - System Administration
2309 Kingston Pike, Suite 131C
Knoxville, TN  37996-1717
Phone:  865-974-0637
Email: ajw () tennessee edu<mailto:ajw () tennessee edu>


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