HP ArcSight - IT Governance Resource Overview

Summary:

The detailed analysis provided outlines the various use cases and metrics associated with IT governance 4.0, emphasizing the importance of managing and securing information technology infrastructures. Here’s a breakdown of these use cases according to the categories you've specified: ### Compliance and Security Rules 1. **Privacy Management**: This involves rules for managing and protecting personal information from leaks or breaches. It is crucial for compliance with legal standards related to data protection (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA). 2. **Organizational Data Information Leak**: These rules are in place to prevent and manage data leaks that could compromise sensitive business information. This includes setting up protocols to detect unauthorized access attempts, ensuring encryption of data at rest and in transit, and implementing regular security audits. 3. **Quarantine Attacker Address** and **Quarantine Target Address**: These use cases relate to the response rules under IT governance 4.0, involving quarantine actions for dealing with malicious actors attempting unauthorized access or causing disruptions in network operations. Quarantining involves isolating compromised devices or networks to prevent further spread of malware or attacks. 4. **Viruses Failed to be Removed or Quarantined**: This trend highlights the issue of viruses and malware that continue to pose a threat even after attempted removal or quarantine. It requires continuous monitoring and updating security measures, including implementing real-time antivirus software updates and patch management for systems and applications. 5. **Daily Trend of Security Service Stopped or Paused Events**: Monitoring these trends can help identify potential weaknesses in the system's resilience against threats, enabling proactive action to prevent service disruptions. 6. **Remote Access Attempts** and **Trend of Daily After Hour Logins**: These trends should be monitored to manage access points for unauthorized remote connections that could be exploited by cyber threats. Implementing strict access controls based on least privilege principles can help mitigate these risks. 7. **User Login Count**, **Web Server Load**, and **Count of Administrative Logins**: Tracking these metrics helps in identifying potential areas of weakness in user authentication or network security settings, such as password complexity requirements or multi-factor authentication implementation. 8. **Failed Administrative Logins - Long Term Trend** and **Trend of Failed Administrative Actions**: These trends indicate persistent issues with unauthorized administrative access attempts, which could be linked to insider threats or weaknesses in the internal control framework. This can be addressed by regular security training for employees, implementing least privilege access controls, and conducting background checks on new hires. 9. **Machine Access per User** and **Monitored Users**: These metrics should be monitored regularly to ensure compliance with information security policies that govern machine usage across different departments and teams within an organization. This includes managing user privileges according to their role in the company and enforcing regular password changes for all users. 10. **Periodic Vulnerability Statistics**: Tracking vulnerabilities allows organizations to proactively manage risks by addressing technical flaws before they can be exploited by attackers. Regular vulnerability scanning should be conducted using tools that simulate attacks to identify potential points of entry for hackers, such as outdated software or misconfigured network settings. 11. **Attacks and Suspicious Activities Trend**: This trend helps in identifying patterns or spikes in attacks and suspicious activities across different network domains, enabling timely response to potential threats by implementing intrusion detection systems and monitoring user behavior for anomalies that may indicate a breach. 12. **Information Security Incidents**: These use cases involve detailed tracking of security events within an organization’s information systems, including the identification of root causes and learning from incidents through post-mortem analysis. This includes updating incident response plans to address new threats and improving communication channels between different departments during crisis situations. 13. **Business Continuity Risk Assessment** under information security aspects involves assessing risks associated with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which are tracked in trends related to business continuity management. Implementing robust load balancing, traffic filtering, and distributed denial-of-service mitigation techniques can help protect against DoS attacks. ### Metrics Monitoring These summaries provide a broad overview of the various rules and metrics being monitored within IT governance frameworks, highlighting areas where IT departments must maintain vigilance against potential threats and ensure robust security practices are in place across an organization's digital operations. The continuous monitoring of these use cases is essential for maintaining compliance with legal regulations, protecting sensitive information, improving security measures, and effectively responding to potential breaches or attacks.

Details:

The document "ESM & Express IT Governance - Active Channel IT Governance 4.0/ISO" outlines various aspects of information security management, including risk assessment, policy creation, asset management, access control, and incident management within an organization's IT infrastructure. Key areas covered include: 1. **Risk Assessment and Treatment**: Identifying potential risks related to ISO standards, such as those outlined in ISO 4 for managing risks associated with information security. 2. **Security Policy and Violations**: Establishing and enforcing security policies (ISO 5), including handling violations that may compromise the security policy framework. 3. **Organization of Information Security**: Focusing on aspects like detecting attacks and suspicious activities targeting third-party resources or coming from them (ISO 6). 4. **Asset Management**: Managing assets related to information systems, covering creation, deletion, modifications, traffic management, and physical security (ISO 7 & 9). 5. **Communications and Operations Management**: Ensuring the integrity of communications and operations, including handling events like failed administrative actions, information interception, internet activity, malicious code activities, and web server errors (ISO 10). 6. **Access Control**: Managing user access rights, account lockouts, insecure services, login attempts, and more (ISO 11). 7. **Information Systems Acquisition, Development, and Maintenance**: Protecting the systems from data leaks, application level threats, invalid inputs, certificate issues, and vulnerabilities (ISO 12). 8. **Incident Management**: Addressing all types of attacks and suspicious activities related to information security incidents, affecting both internal resources and those facing public users (ISO 13). This comprehensive document aims to ensure the protection and resilience of an organization's IT infrastructure by proactively managing potential threats and vulnerabilities through standardized processes. This document appears to be a comprehensive list of various IT governance activities, compliance checks, and risk assessments related to information security under the framework of ISO 14001 (which seems to be a generic reference for environmental management systems) and specific sections within the IT governance standard. The list includes detailed items such as:

• Activities pertaining to business continuity management, including DoS attacks.

• Compliance with various standards, rules, and regulations like Email Traffic monitoring, Information System Audit Tool Logins, Intellectual Property Rights violations, Personal and Organizational Records protection, Technical Compliance Check failures, etc.

• Risk assessments and compliance risks for different sections of ISO standards.

• Management of IT assets such as accounts (active and inactive), ports settings, audit logs, badges, compliance risk scores, vendor accounts, and more.

• Monitoring suspicious activities related to new hires or former employees.

• Reporting systems and vulnerabilities by scanners or non-scanners.

• Security policy violations and general security measures.

• Internal organizational structures for information security coordination.

• External parties' risks including attacks from third parties.

The document is marked as "HP Confidential—subject to use restriction," indicating that access to this information is restricted, likely due to its sensitive nature or compliance requirements. The document outlines various aspects of asset management, information classification, human resource security, physical and environmental security, communications and operations management, and access control within the context of ISO standards for IT governance in an organizational setting. Key areas covered include: 1. **Asset Activity Dashboard**: Covers responsibilities related to assets managed under ISO 7 Asset Management, including different classifications like traffic data (ISO 7.2 Information Classification) and detailed information on asset management activities (7.1 Responsibility for Assets). 2. **Human Resource Security/Human Resource Activity Dashboard**: Focuses on the security aspects of human resources as per ISO 8 Human Resources Security, covering various activities including personnel details and login logs related to unauthorized access attempts. 3. **Physical and Environmental Security Overview**: Addresses physical security measures under ISO 9 Physical and Environmental Security, with a dashboard detailing system use monitoring (including unsuccessful logins), malicious code activity, and network controls for protection against mobile or malicious code threats. 4. **Operational Procedures and Responsibilities**:

• **Change Management**: Covers unscheduled changes in services and security aspects under section 10.1.2 of ISO 10 Communications and Operations Management, including entries related to failed administrative actions and unsuccessful administrative logins.

• **Configuration Modifications**: Details audit logging and modifications made within the system for configuration purposes (Section 10.10 Monitoring), specifically regarding log clearing and database access monitoring.

5. **Monitoring System Use**:

• **Audit Logging**: Addresses changes in configurations that are logged, such as when audit logs are cleared or modified.

• **Database Access**: Monitors unauthorized access attempts to databases.

• **Unsuccessful User Logins**: Logs of failed login attempts by users.

• **User Logins and Logouts**: Records of user logins and logouts within the system, including unsuccessful ones.

• **Web Server IO & Requests**: Details related to input/output operations on web servers and requests made through these servers, which can include attacks or suspicious activities as detailed under public-facing resources (Section 10.9 Electronic Commerce Services).

6. **Protection of Log Information**: Covers actions taken to protect audit logs from unauthorized access, such as clearing them when necessary. 7. **Administrator and Operator Logs**: Records of administrative actions including logins, logouts, and failed attempts, detailed in sections covering both administrator and operator roles within the organization's IT governance framework. This document serves as a comprehensive guide to ensure all relevant aspects of digital asset management are covered under various ISO standards applicable to IT governance in modern enterprises. This document outlines various aspects of IT governance, focusing on security controls as per the IT Governance 4.0 standards and ISO 11 access control guidelines. The sections cover user access management, network access control, operating system access control, mobile computing, compliance with information systems acquisition development and maintenance, business continuity management, email activity, information leaks, intellectual property rights violations, peer-to-peer activity, technical compliance checking, and more. Key areas include: 1. Administrative Account Changes: Guidelines for managing administrative accounts to ensure security. 2. Default Vendor Account: Management of vendor accounts on the dashboard for IT governance. 3. Former Employee Activity: Monitoring activities of former employees to prevent unauthorized access post-employment. 4. User Activities: Tracking and controlling user actions within the system. 5. Network Access Control policies such as disallowed ports, insecure services, new hosts and services, traffic segregation between network domains and zones. 6. Operating System Access Control includes secure log-on procedures, user identification and authentication measures like account lockouts and login attempts. 7. Mobile Computing and Teleworking: Policies for mobile devices accessing the network, including detection of attacks and suspicious activity from wireless resources. 8. Information Systems Acquisition Development and Maintenance: Ensuring correct processing in applications through input data validation and protection against web server attacks. 9. Reporting Information Security Events and Weaknesses: Incident management, with a focus on reporting information security events like attacks and suspicious activity, as well as internal reconnaissance and system weaknesses. 10. Business Continuity Management: Aspects of managing business continuity under threats such as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and critical asset activities. The document also includes compliance risk scoring based on the performance against various IT governance standards and rules related to security incidents, data monitoring, and technical compliance checking. The document is a comprehensive overview of various sections within the "Data Monitor IT Governance 4.0" framework, which appears to be focused on IT governance compliance according to ISO standards. Each section from Section 5 to Section 15 includes detailed sub-sections that outline specific rules and targets related to rule firings (or breaches). Here's a summarized breakdown of the content:

• **Section 5 Overview/Top 20 Targets in Rule Firings** and **Section 6 Overview/Last 20 Rules Fired**: Lists the top and last fired rules, possibly indicating compliance issues or areas needing attention.

• **Section 6 Overview/Rules Attackers and Targets** and subsequent sections: Identifies which parts of the IT governance are being targeted by rule firings, suggesting potential vulnerabilities or risks in these areas.

• **Section 6 Overview/Top 20 Rules Fired**: Provides a list of the most frequently fired rules, highlighting critical compliance issues that need immediate attention.

• **Section 7 to Section 15** follow a similar structure:

• **Overview/Last 20 Rules Fired**: Lists recent rule breaches.

• **Overview/Rules Attackers and Targets**: Identifies the areas where rules are being targeted most frequently.

• **Overview/Top 20 Rules Fired**: High-level view of the most frequent rule firings across multiple sections, indicating significant compliance issues.

• **Overview/Top 20 Targets in Rule Firings**: Lists specific targets that have triggered the most rules to be fired, pointing to crucial areas needing improvement or correction.

This structure is designed to provide a detailed and systematic view of IT governance compliance across different sections, ensuring that all aspects are regularly audited and managed according to ISO standards. The provided text is a list of data entries related to IT governance and risk assessment, specifically within the context of ISO standards (standards numbered from ISO 4 to ISO 15). These data entries are part of a larger system or tool designed to monitor and manage IT governance according to these international standards. Here's a summary of the types of information captured by each entry:

• **Section Overview/Top 20 Rules Fired** and **Section Overview/Top 20 Targets in Rule Firings**: Lists of top rules or targets identified as needing attention based on rule firings, indicating potential areas for improvement in governance processes.

• **All ISO Sections Overview/Section 15 Overview/Top 20 Rules Fired** and similar entries: Provide a summary across all sections regarding the most frequently triggered rules, which can be indicative of broader issues or critical control points.

• **ISO Risk Assessment and Treatment**: This section captures data related to risk assessments and treatment protocols for each ISO standard. It includes detailed views such as "Most Fired Rules" per specific ISO (e.g., ISO 4 - Most fired rule, ISO 5 - Most fired rule), which help pinpoint the most problematic areas of concern in terms of rule violations or security breaches.

• **Compromised Hosts**: Lists systems identified as potentially compromised based on anomalies or indicators of compromise.

• **Overall ISO Rule Firings** and **Priority Distribution**: Provide an overall picture of rule compliance across all standards, highlighting which sections need immediate attention based on the severity of violations.

• **Security Policy/Information Security Policy Review**: Focuses on reviewing information security policies for potential violations or weaknesses identified during audits or continuous monitoring.

• **Organization of Information Security/External Parties**: Addresses risks associated with interactions and dependencies with external third parties, tracking attacks and suspicious activity events targeting these resources.

• **Asset Management/Responsibility for Assets**: Tracks changes to assets such as creations, deletions, and modifications, providing insights into asset management practices.

These data entries are likely used in an IT governance framework where continuous monitoring is essential to ensure compliance with ISO standards related to information security. They help in identifying gaps, assessing risks, and implementing corrective actions to enhance overall IT security posture. The document "Data Monitor IT Governance 4.0/ISO" outlines a structured approach to information classification based on the ISO standards, ranging from high sensitivity (HP Confidential) to low sensitivity. The hierarchy is organized by various sub-standards within the ISO family, detailing specific areas of focus and controls related to data protection, physical security, human resources management, and operational procedures in IT governance. Key aspects covered include: 1. **Information Classification**: The document categorizes information into different levels starting from "HP Confidential" (highest sensitivity) down to unspecified lower categories. This classification is crucial for managing the exposure and handling of sensitive data within an organization. 2. **Human Resources Security**: Focuses on procedures before, during, and after employment regarding roles, responsibilities, disciplinary actions related to suspicious activities or internet usage, and removal of access rights upon termination or change of employment. 3. **Physical and Environmental Security**: Addresses controls for physical entry into secure areas, including building access events, contractor access policies, and monitoring system use in terms of bytes received/sent by web servers, user logins/logouts, and unauthorized remote access attempts. 4. **Communications and Operations Management**: Covers operational procedures related to change management in IT services, including auditing logging for account management activities, unscheduled changes in service operations, and overall monitoring of system use to ensure compliance with security protocols. This structured approach is designed to enhance the governance and protection of information assets across various dimensions of an organization's IT infrastructure and operational processes. The passage outlines various aspects of monitoring within the context of IT governance, focusing on security measures to protect log information and monitor system usage. It covers topics such as unsuccessful user logins, database access, audit logs, administrator actions, and more. Specific areas include:

• **Unsuccessful User Logins**: Identifying top 10 network domains with multiple failed login attempts are monitored.

• **Database Access**: Monitoring includes protection of log information through audit trails for unauthorized access or usage.

• **Administrator Logs**: This involves tracking administrative actions, including successful and unsuccessful logins/logouts, and analyzing performance based on devices or usernames.

The passage also mentions specific metrics such as the number of failed and successful administrative actions, moving averages, and detailed events like audit log clearing status and recent occurrences. The data is crucial for understanding security posture and operational efficiency in IT environments. The provided text outlines various data monitoring categories related to IT governance, including security measures and logs for administrators and operators within an organization's systems. These categories include: 1. Top 10 administrative users with successful logins and unsuccessful logins, as well as those with failed actions. 2. Top devices and hosts involved in administrative activities, categorized by success or failure. 3. Network domains and hosts associated with successful or unsuccessful administrative logins. 4. Malicious code activity monitoring. 5. Firewall open ports and logs from network devices. 6. Information interception events, including attackers and intercepted messages. 7. Email traffic to public web mail servers and detailed logs for IM services and sources. 8. Vulnerable business systems identified through incidents or assets. 9. Public-facing information security measures against attacks and suspicious activities. These categories are part of a comprehensive IT governance framework designed to ensure the protection, monitoring, and management of an organization's digital infrastructure according to ISO 10 standards. The document "Data Monitor IT Governance 4.0/ISO 10 Communications and Operations Management/10.9 Electronic Commerce Services/10.9.3 Publicly Available Information" focuses on monitoring the latest attacks and suspicious activities targeting public-facing resources, including details about ports used in such events. It also pertains to "Access Control" within IT governance, specifically tracking user actions, failed attempts, device usage, account management, and password security from both active users and former employees. The document is part of a larger series that includes detailed analysis of network access control policies, connection patterns, disallowed ports, insecure service communications by address or zone, and the introduction of new services within an organization's IT infrastructure. This comprehensive approach ensures proactive management against cyber threats and unauthorized access attempts. The provided text outlines various aspects related to network access control, user authentication, operating system access control, mobile computing, and technical vulnerability management as part of IT governance according to the Data Monitor IT Governance 4.0/ISO 11 Access Control framework. Key areas covered include:

• **Network Access Policy**: Defines rules against accessing disallowed ports internally and between zones, which is crucial for security by preventing unauthorized access to critical services and data.

• **User Authentication**: Requires privileged access controls on remote connections for secure authentication processes that protect sensitive information from external threats.

• **Equipment Identification in Networks**: Covers the management of new hosts within an organization’s network, ensuring they are added securely and according to established protocols.

• **Operating System Access Control**: Focuses on implementing secure log-on procedures including account lockouts for enhanced security against unauthorized access attempts.

• **Mobile Computing and Teleworking**: Addresses the monitoring of attacks and suspicious activity events in wireless networks, providing real-time event graphs and historical records of such activities to detect potential threats promptly.

• **Technical Vulnerability Management**: Involves managing technical vulnerabilities through regular scanning and updating mechanisms to ensure that systems are protected against known risks. This includes notifying users about the latest non-scanner events in the last 20 occurrences, which could indicate system weaknesses needing immediate attention.

These aspects collectively contribute to a comprehensive security strategy aimed at protecting information assets from internal and external threats, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining operational resilience. This document outlines various events and data related to vulnerability scanning, information security incidents, business continuity management, and other aspects of IT governance within the ISO standards for managing information systems. The key points include:

• **Technical Vulnerability Management**: Data on top vulnerabilities identified by both non-scanner and scanner methods, as well as machines most affected by these vulnerabilities based on event counts from scans or incidents.

• **Information Security Events**: Details about attacks and suspicious activities reported, including specific ports involved in such events, with graphs showing trends over time.

• **Business Continuity Management**: Focuses on the integration of information security within business continuity processes, particularly concerning highly critical assets and potential DoS (Denial of Service) attacks affecting these assets.

The document is structured to provide a comprehensive framework for managing IT vulnerabilities and ensuring robust information security across various organizational functions, as per ISO standards. The document outlines various aspects of information security and compliance within an organization, particularly focusing on legal requirements such as intellectual property rights (IPR), data protection, and technical compliance with security policies and standards. Key areas covered include: 1. **Business Continuity Management**: This includes risk assessment and identification of highly critical assets that are top impacted by continuity issues. 2. **Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)**: Detailed tracking of peer-to-peer events, bandwidth consumption per port/port usage, violations, violators, organizational records leak, personal information leaks, misuse prevention measures (such as emails sent and received), and technical compliance checking results related to IPR. 3. **Data Protection and Privacy**: Specific focus on preventing the leakage of personal information and ensuring that data processing facilities are not misused. This includes monitoring email activities like senders, receivers, and failed administrative actions. 4. **Technical Compliance**: Continuous assessment and verification of technical compliance with security policies and standards, highlighting failures in checks and machines involved. Additionally, the document also captures various IT governance aspects such as asset inventory, audit tool logins, email activity, events with attacker data, inter-domain traffic, physical security, user authentication, and web server request events, among others. The compliance is tracked through specific filters set for different scenarios including access attempts, administrative users, attacker or target user presence in authentication processes, and more. The text provided is a list of filters categorized under the theme "IT Governance 4.0" within an unspecified documentation or system, likely related to information technology security and compliance. Each filter item pertains to different aspects of user authentication, login attempts, successful and unsuccessful access, policy violations, firewall events, database interactions, vulnerability scans, internal connections, outbound communications, and more. Some examples include:

• Authentication/Local Logins: Filters for local user logins such as administrative or user log-in attempts and outcomes (successful or failed).

• Filter IT Governance 4.0/General Filters/Authentication/*: Specific filters for different types of authentication events including VPN access, user login attempts, unsuccessful login attempts, firewall accept/deny actions, database interactions, internal connections, outbound communications, policy violations, and more.

• Filter IT Governance 4.0/ISO 4 Risk Assessment and Treatment/*: Filters related to risk assessment in the context of cybersecurity incidents such as reconnaissance, high priority events, attacks with geo-information, compromises, and detailed rules firing for ISO standards compliance.

• Filter IT Governance 4.0/ISO 6 Organization Of Information Security/*: Specific filters related to organization's information security policies including external parties risks, identification of third party resources under threat, and detailed rule sets applicable to sections of the ISO standard.

These filters are part of a broader framework aimed at enhancing the governance and management of IT assets through rigorous monitoring and compliance checks for cybersecurity and data protection purposes. This document outlines various security measures and protocols for managing information assets within an organization, particularly focusing on the risks associated with external parties such as third-party resources, contractors, and ex-employees. The content is structured around different ISO standards addressing distinct aspects of IT governance and asset management. Key areas include risk identification related to attacks and suspicious activities from third party sources, successful and unsuccessful administrative and user logins, asset creation, modification, deletion, information classification, and physical access controls. Additionally, it covers procedures for new hires, detection of suspicious activities among new employees, termination or change in employment status, including the removal of access rights and former employee account management. The document emphasizes the importance of maintaining a secure environment by controlling access to sensitive areas and implementing robust monitoring and logging mechanisms to detect unauthorized attempts and suspicious behavior, thereby protecting the organization's information assets from potential threats. The text outlines various aspects of IT governance within a company, focusing on the ISO standards related to communications and operations management. It covers detailed procedures for physical entry controls, operational responsibilities, change management, separation of development, test, and operational facilities, as well as monitoring practices such as audit logging, system use monitoring, and Apache Traffic analysis among others. This documentation is part of a governance framework aimed at maintaining the security and efficient operation of IT systems in accordance with ISO standards. This document outlines various aspects of monitoring, system use, protection of log information, administrator and operator logs, fault logging, clock synchronization, capacity management, controls against malicious code, and potential network threats within an IT governance framework, aligned with ISO 10 standards. Key areas include brute force login attempts, database access modifications, file modifications, IDS detections, machine-based internet outbound activity, successful brute force logins, user-based internet outbound activity, web server requests, audit log clearing, clock synchronization issues, and potential malicious code activities on a network. Each section is assigned to specific categories for systematic monitoring and protection in an organizational IT infrastructure. This text outlines various controls and policies related to cybersecurity within the framework of IT governance, focusing on protection against malicious code such as viruses and Trojan activities. It covers areas including virus detection, removal or quarantine, information exchange policies, electronic messaging handling, business systems vulnerabilities, public-facing resource security, access control for users, password management, and user registration practices. The text is part of a larger set focused on ISO standards in IT governance, emphasizing the importance of effective cybersecurity measures to safeguard digital assets and operations across various organizational domains. The provided text outlines various filters related to access control, network management, user authentication, data processing, and mobile computing within the framework of ISO/IEC IT Governance 4.0 standards. Key areas covered include: 1. **User Access Management**: This involves managing passwords for users, including requirements for password change attempts, successful changes, reviewing access rights, ensuring secure remote access, and preventing unauthorized access to network services or data processing vulnerabilities. 2. **Network Access Control**: Policies on the use of network services cover disallowed ports, insecure services, new service creation, traffic from dark address spaces, user authentication for external connections (including privileged access), equipment identification in networks (new host creation), and internal inter-domain traffic among other aspects. 3. **Mobile Computing and Teleworking**: This section focuses on detecting attacks and suspicious activities related to wireless resources, both inbound and outbound, as well as ensuring security when accessing network services remotely. 4. **Data Processing**: Ensures proper input data validation (to prevent invalid or malicious data), internal processing control (to mitigate exploit of vulnerabilities), and output data validation (such as checking for broken URLs on web servers) within applications to maintain the integrity and security of information systems. These filters are crucial in maintaining a secure IT environment by preventing unauthorized access, detecting potential threats, ensuring compliance with standards, and protecting sensitive information from malicious attacks or accidental errors. This text appears to be related to the ISO standards for information technology governance, focusing on various aspects of system acquisition, development, maintenance, security measures, cryptographic controls, vulnerability management, incident reporting, business continuity management, and risk assessment. It includes detailed guidelines covering web server redirect requests, data validation, access control to program source code, key management (with focus on invalid or expired certificates), information leakage prevention (including covert channels), technical vulnerabilities in assets with high severity, security incidents within the organization, and specific scenarios involving highly critical assets such as startup/shutdown processes. The document also addresses risk assessment related to business continuity, including DoS attacks, from a cybersecurity perspective. The document outlines various filters and focused reports related to IT governance, focusing on compliance with standards such as ISO 14 (Business Continuity Management), ISO 15 (Compliance), and specific areas within them like Intellectual Property Rights, Data Protection, and technical compliance. Some examples include "Unsuccessful and Attempted DoS Attacks," "System Shutdown," "Personal Information Leak," "Email Traffic," and more. Additionally, there are reports on assets categorized by their network domains (Development, Operations, Public-Facing) sorted by creation time, as well as actions related to user access management such as account creations, deletions, and modifications in the Development environment. The document also includes an overview of cases for each ISO section from 4 to 6, providing a comprehensive view of compliance and security measures within the organization's IT infrastructure. This summary provides an overview of various queries related to "IT Governance 4.0" and its ISO sections, focusing on different aspects such as governance, risk assessment, security policy, organizational structure, and external parties. The queries cover specific areas within the ISO standards, including compliance risks, high-priority events, information security policies, internal organization details, allocation of responsibilities, asset identification, and third-party risks. These queries help in assessing and managing IT governance practices according to the ISO framework for better risk management and compliance. The provided queries pertain to the management and security of external parties, particularly focusing on interactions with third-party systems, in the context of information security governance according to IT Governance 4.0 standards, aligned with ISO 6 and ISO 7 frameworks. These queries cover various aspects including risk identification, unauthorized access attempts (successful and unsuccessful logins), file activities, compromised assets, and asset management responsibilities categorized by criticality. Key themes include: 1. **Risk Identification**: Identifying risks associated with third-party interactions such as successful or unsuccessful administrative and user logins, which are crucial for understanding vulnerabilities in the system's security posture. 2. **Security Measures**: Addressing security measures when dealing with third parties by ensuring that activities like file creations, deletions, modifications, and other related actions on systems accessible to third parties are managed securely. 3. **Asset Management**: Responsibilities regarding the categorization of assets based on their criticality, including creation, modification, and deletion activities categorized by URI location. These queries form part of a broader framework aimed at enhancing organizational security practices and compliance with standards related to information technology governance in handling external parties and managing critical IT assets. This collection of queries is designed to be used within an IT governance framework, specifically focusing on aspects related to asset management, information classification, human resources security, physical and environmental security, and communications and operations management as outlined in the ISO standards for IT governance. The queries are structured across various sections under these themes, providing detailed insights into different areas of concern: 1. **Assets by Network Domain** - This query focuses on identifying assets based on their network domain and creation time, helping to understand where and when digital assets have been created within the organization's infrastructure. 2. **Information Classification** - It includes queries about how assets are categorized by classification levels (high, low) and how they communicate across these boundaries, crucial for understanding data sensitivity and security protocols. 3. **Human Resources Security** - This part of the query set is particularly concerned with pre-employment checks, including roles and responsibilities during employment as well as handling suspicious activities or termination events related to employees' access rights. 4. **Physical and Environmental Security** - It involves monitoring secure areas for physical entry controls like building access after hours, tracking failed access attempts, and ensuring overall security of the premises. 5. **Communications and Operations Management** - This section covers operational procedures, change management activities including modifications to system configurations, application settings, file integrity, firewall settings, and more. It also includes queries related to the restart events or pausing of services not aligned with scheduled operations. These queries are part of a broader toolkit used for continuous monitoring and improvement in IT governance practices according to ISO standards, ensuring that all aspects of digital asset management and security are rigorously managed and compliant with industry best practices. The text appears to be a series of queries related to IT governance, specifically focusing on ISO 10 Communications and Operations Management within the framework of IT Governance 4.0. These queries pertain to various aspects of change management, network device configurations, user modifications, audit logging, system monitoring, and access controls. 1. **Change Management**: The queries address top firewalls, networks, and users with successful configuration modifications, as well as unscheduled changes in service status. 2. **Network Device Configuration Modifications**: These include modifications to the most successful configurations among network devices such as routers and switches. 3. **User Configuration Modifications**: Focus on identifying users who have made significant configuration modifications, both for firewalls and other system components. 4. **Cross-Talk Issues**: Addresses issues related to cross-talk between development, test, and operational environments, including direct attacks from development targeting production, operations targeting development, and shared machine usage among these environments. 5. **Monitoring and Audit Logging**: Includes successful configuration changes on development machines, audit logging of unsuccessful system changes, monitoring of account lockouts, and after-hours access patterns by both users and systems. 6. **System Access Controls**: Details the number of account lockouts per user and system, as well as patterns of after-hours access to the system over different time frames. These queries are likely used in an IT governance framework to ensure compliance with standards like ISO 10, to monitor cybersecurity posture, and to maintain operational integrity within IT environments. Over the past week, various queries were conducted to monitor system use and security measures in an organization's IT infrastructure based on ISO standards related to IT governance. These included monitoring user logins (both successful and unsuccessful), application brute force login attempts, database access attempts, file modifications, remote access attempts, internet activity per device, and more. The focus was on ensuring secure operations management and compliance with ISO 10 guidelines for communications and operations management in the context of IT governance level 4.0. The provided text outlines a series of queries related to monitoring system use in an information technology governance framework, specifically within the ISO 10 standard for communications and operations management. The queries cover various aspects such as after-hours system access attempts, database users, audit log clearing details, administrator logins, and more. Here's a summary of each query: 1. Top 100 Largest Responses: After Hours System Access Attempts by System in the Last Day

• This query involves monitoring the largest number of after-hours system access attempts recorded over the last day, focusing on which systems these attempts are made from.

2. Top 100 Largest Responses: After Hours System Access Attempts by User in the Last Day

• Similar to the first query but focuses specifically on identifying users who have attempted to access systems outside of normal business hours over the last day.

3. Top Database Users

• This query identifies the top database users, presumably based on activity or frequency of use within a database management system.

4. Top 100 Largest Responses: Unsuccessful Non Secure Remote Access Attempts - Trend

• A trend analysis of unsuccessful non-secure remote access attempts over time is being monitored to identify any patterns or anomalies that may require further investigation.

5. Weekly Web Server Load

• This query tracks and analyzes the load on a web server on a weekly basis, likely to assess performance, capacity, and usage trends.

6. Unsuccessful User Logins by Hour

• Monitoring of unsuccessful user logins is done per hour to understand when these attempts are most frequent and potentially identify any trends or spikes that could indicate security issues.

7. Audit Log Cleared

• This query involves checking for clearances (deletions) of audit logs, which may be used to track changes made to system configurations, user actions, etc., indicating potential tampering or compliance issues.

8. Administrative Users per Product

• Identifies users who perform administrative tasks within specific products, providing insight into the roles and responsibilities of these users in a product-based management structure.

These queries are part of an ongoing monitoring effort aimed at ensuring the security, functionality, and integrity of IT systems as well as compliance with established governance standards. This set of queries focuses on monitoring various aspects of system operations, security, and performance within an organization's IT infrastructure, aligned with ISO standards and IT governance best practices. Key areas covered include administrator and operator logs, fault logging, clock synchronization issues, and malicious code detection. Specific queries detail the count of successful and unsuccessful administrative logins over different time periods (e.g., last 30 days, last 2 hours), as well as trends in these activities. Additionally, there are queries regarding web server errors, top errors or response codes, resource exhaustion notifications, and a summary of detected viruses by hosts. These tools help ensure operational resilience, security compliance, and efficient use of IT resources across the organization. This document appears to be a part of an internal IT governance framework, likely related to the ISO 10 standard for communications and operations management in information technology environments. The summary focuses on various aspects of security measures against malicious code, including failed anti-virus updates, potential trojans, top targets of malicious activities, and detailed network controls such as device logging review and firewall port details. Key points include:

• Controls against malicious code failures (e.g., failed virus removal attempts by hosts).

• Identification of potential threats like Trojan codes within the network.

• Top internal and external targets of malicious activity.

• Performance metrics for anti-virus software, such as top hosts with most viruses or failed removals.

• Network security measures including device logging review and open firewall port details.

• Policies related to information exchange, electronic messaging, and interception controls.

The document appears to be a strategic guide aimed at enhancing the security posture of IT operations by identifying critical areas for monitoring and improvement in managing malicious code threats, network security, and data protection. This set of queries is focused on the areas of IT governance, specifically related to ISO standards and access control policies in an organizational context. The queries cover various aspects of electronic communications, business information systems, and user access management.

• **Public Web Mail Senders**: These queries pertain to top public web mail services used within the organization, potentially for internal communication or exchange of business information. This could include details on usage patterns, security implications, and compliance with email policies.

• **Vulnerable Business Information Systems**: Identifies systems that are susceptible to cyber threats due to inadequate security measures or lack of updates. These queries might focus on detecting any signs of weak encryption, outdated software versions, or other vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious actors.

• **External Logins to Public Facing Systems**: This query addresses the potential risks associated with allowing external users (such as customers or partners) direct access to internal systems. It involves monitoring and auditing these logins for security compliance and risk assessment.

• **Access Control Policies**: These queries relate to detailed policies and procedures governing who can access what resources, when, how, and under what conditions. Specific aspects covered include machine access by daily users, activity logs (including in the last day, past week, month), account creations/deletions/modifications, and more.

• **User Access Management**: This involves managing user accounts from registration to deactivation, including templates for network domain specific actions like account creations or deletions. It also covers monitoring former employees' attempts to access the system.

Overall, these queries aim to ensure compliance with IT governance standards, enhance security measures, and maintain a robust audit trail of all accesses within the organization. They are crucial for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business information systems while preventing unauthorized access and potential threats from internal or external sources. This document consists of various queries related to IT governance, focusing on user access management and network access control according to the ISO 11 standards. The queries include: 1. User Registration and Login Activity:

• Querying stale user accounts for potential unauthorized usage.

• Checking if users are logging in with different usernames under the same identity.

• Identifying instances where a user logs into multiple countries simultaneously.

2. User Password Management:

• Review of all password change events, including successful and failed changes.

• Details about default vendor accounts used for password management.

• Tracking attempts to use direct root or administrator accounts as passwords.

• Monitoring the usage of top attackers and default vendor accounts in attempted password changes.

• Reviewing instances where passwords have not been changed according to policy standards.

3. User Access Rights:

• Administrative account change details, including counts of attempts.

• Attempts to alter access rights for users.

4. Network Access Control:

• Policies governing the use of network services, including which assets are accessed and blocked based on domains or specific ports.

• Rules regarding inbound insecure transmissions and internal service providers that should be avoided.

This document is part of an IT governance framework aiming to ensure robust security measures are in place for user access and network traffic management. This document primarily focuses on the policies related to network access control within an organization, as outlined under various sections of the ISO standards for information technology governance (IT Governance 4.0). The specific areas covered include:

• Network Routing Changes: Policies and controls around modifications in network routing settings.

• User Authentication for External Connections: Measures to secure privileged VPN remote access attempts.

• Equipment Identification in Networks: Detection of new hosts on the network.

• Segregation in Networks: Access restrictions, disallowed ports by connection types, and traffic between different network zones.

• Password Management System: Systems accessed by default vendor accounts and vulnerabilities exploited within internal processing.

• Input Data Validation: Malicious web server requests, invalid data input handling, and security measures against exploit of vulnerabilities.

These policies are crucial for maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and preventing cyber threats such as unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. This document primarily focuses on the evaluation of information systems with a specific emphasis on data validation, security vulnerabilities, and technical vulnerability management within an organization's processes according to IT governance standards, particularly those adhering to ISO 12 Information Systems Acquisition Development and Maintenance guidelines. The report includes detailed queries related to output data validation, broken URLs, cryptographic controls (invalid certificates), access control, information leakage, and specific technical vulnerabilities across various assets. Some of the key findings are: 1. **Output Data Validation**: The system identifies requests that lead to broken links on a daily basis. It has been tasked with compiling a list of the top 100 such URLs for further analysis. 2. **Cryptographic Controls**: There is an issue with certificate management resulting in invalid certificates being presented, which may affect secure communications and needs immediate attention. 3. **Security of System Files**: The report highlights issues related to control over operational software changes in operations, as well as concerns about access controls to program source code leading to unauthorized file modifications within the development environment. 4. **Technical Vulnerability Management**: The assessment includes a detailed analysis of vulnerabilities across different assets, with top 10 vulnerable public-facing assets and non-scanner vulnerability counts identified for further mitigation efforts. Historical data on assets and vulnerabilities is also compiled, along with periodic vulnerability statistics to track trends over time. 5. **Information Leakage**: The report covers both overt (broken URLs) and covert (potential channel activity) forms of information leakage, indicating areas where sensitive data may be inadvertently exposed through system operations or configurations. 6. **Vulnerability Statistics**: Comprehensive reports on the top 10 vulnerable assets, persistent severe vulnerabilities identified across various systems, and a detailed count of non-scanner based vulnerabilities are provided to help prioritize risk mitigation strategies. This document serves as a crucial tool for maintaining cybersecurity standards within an organization by identifying potential weaknesses in data handling, system configurations, and overall security posture that could be exploited by cyber threats. The queries provided are related to the management and monitoring of technical vulnerabilities in information systems, specifically focusing on aspects such as vulnerability statistics, fixing times, network domain vulnerabilities, and security incidents. Here's a summary of what each query seems to be asking for: 1. **Vulnerabilities - Top 10 Assets**: Lists the top ten most vulnerable assets based on the number or criticality of vulnerabilities found. 2. **Vulnerability Count Statistics**: Provides statistics about the total number and types of vulnerabilities identified in the system. 3. **Vulnerability Fixing Time Statistics**: Tracks the time taken to fix identified vulnerabilities, giving insights into the efficiency of the patching process. 4. **Vulnerable Assets in Network Domain**: Identifies which assets within a network domain are most vulnerable to potential attacks or breaches. 5. **Attacks and Suspicious Activities - All**: Records all instances of suspicious activities or attempted cyber-attacks across the organization's information systems, regardless of source or target. 6. **Attacks and Suspicious Activities From a Network Domain - All**: Captures details of all suspicious activities originating from a specific network domain. 7. **Attacks and Suspicious Activities Targeting a Network Domain - All**: Details about cyber threats aimed at the organization's network domains. 8. **Trends in Attacks and Suspicious Activities**: Shows trends over time, indicating patterns or escalations in malicious activities. 9. **Count of Attacks and Suspicious Activities Per Attacker Machine/Network Domain**: Provides a breakdown of attacks per attacker machine or across different network domains. 10. **Count of Attacks and Suspicious Activity Event Names on Network Domains**: Lists specific types of events representing cyber-attacks, categorized by their names and occurring within various network domains. 11. **Count of Attacks and Suspicious Activity Per Day**: Provides a daily tally of new incidents detected related to attacks or suspicious activities. These queries are crucial for maintaining the security posture of an organization's information systems, ensuring that vulnerabilities are identified, addressed promptly, and monitored effectively to prevent potential cyber threats and breaches. This document outlines various queries related to information security incidents, attacks, and weaknesses within an organization's network domain. The queries cover areas such as reporting trends in malicious activities by target address, internal reconnaissance events, system failures, malicious code activities from internal sources, top 10 public-facing assets affected, external sources with malicious code activities, and critical asset details for business continuity management. Additionally, there are specific queries related to the trend of information security incidents per day, count of denial of service (DoS) attacks per day, and including information security in business continuity management processes. The text discusses various aspects related to business continuity management, risk assessment, and information security within the framework of ISO standards and compliance requirements. It covers topics such as DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, intellectual property rights violations, data protection, personal information leaks, misuse of information processing facilities, and compliance with legal requirements. Specific details include:

• **DoS Attacks**: The trend involves assessing the impact of DoS attacks targeting specific ports and events, which can lead to shutdowns of critical machines or entire systems. Successful DoS attacks have identifiable target objects, while unsuccessful attempts also involve specific targets. Key figures in this context are top DoS attackers and targets.

• **Intellectual Property Rights**: The standard emphasizes the importance of compliance with intellectual property rights (IPR) laws to prevent violations that may lead to legal consequences. This includes monitoring internal and external peer-to-peer sources for potential IP theft or infringement.

• **Data Protection and Privacy**: Measures are taken to protect personal information from leaks, which is crucial in maintaining the privacy of individuals and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.

• **Preventing Misuse of Information Processing Facilities**: This involves monitoring email usage per hour and internet activity to detect any misuse or abuse of organizational resources.

Overall, these aspects are critical for managing risks associated with cyber threats and legal violations within an organization, as outlined in the ISO standards related to IT governance. The provided queries pertain to various aspects of information governance, compliance, and security within an organization, particularly as they relate to the ISO 15 standard for IT governance. Here's a summary of each query: 1. **Query IT Governance 4.0/ISO 15 Compliance**: This refers to general queries related to the implementation and compliance with ISO 15 standards in information security management systems. 2. **Most Active Email Recipients and Senders**: These queries focus on identifying individuals who receive or send a high volume of emails, which could indicate potential misuse of communication facilities if not monitored appropriately. This includes:

• Most Active Email Receivers by email size, number of emails, largest emails, etc.

• Most Active Email Senders by similar metrics.

3. **Technical Compliance Checking**: These queries deal with assets that have failed technical compliance checks, indicating potential issues or vulnerabilities in information processing facilities. 4. **Information System Audit Tool Logins**: This query involves logging into audit tools to review activities and ensure adherence to security policies. 5. **Compliance Risk Score**: This score assesses the overall risk of non-compliance with ISO standards within different sections of the organization's information systems. 6. **Open Cases**: These queries pertain to unresolved issues or ongoing incidents in specific areas such as internal organizational coordination, asset management, and others. They are categorized by section and severity. 7. **Assets Communicating Across Classification Boundaries**: This query is related to the handling of information assets that span different classification levels, which could pose significant compliance risks if not managed correctly. These queries collectively aim to provide a comprehensive view of an organization's IT governance, compliance with ISO standards, and overall risk management in terms of security and data handling practices. The provided document outlines a comprehensive set of queries related to various aspects of IT governance and security within an organization, specifically focusing on the ISO standards and their implementation across different departments. The queries cover areas such as communications, operations management, network security, access control, and human resources security. Here’s a summary of each query: 1. **Suspicious Activities by New Hires**: This involves monitoring roles and responsibilities assigned to new employees, including identifying any suspicious activities during their employment period. 2. **Account Lockouts**: This pertains to the system access lockouts triggered due to frequent unsuccessful login attempts, both after hours and in general. 3. **Detail After Hours Systems Access by User over the Past Week**: Provides detailed records of systems accessed by users outside regular business hours over the last week. 4. **Frequent Unsuccessful Logins by User Name/Attacker Host/Target Host**: Monitors instances where specific user accounts have attempted logins unsuccessfully, including from suspicious IP addresses and towards particular target hosts. 5. **Internet Activity/Non Secure Remote Access Attempts**: Tracks internet usage patterns and unauthorized remote access attempts to secure systems. 6. **Web Server Traffic Distribution**: Analyzes the distribution of traffic across web servers for performance monitoring and security assessment. 7. **Trojan Code Activity**: Detects any malware or Trojan activities that might compromise system integrity or data security. 8. **Events per Device/Logging Devices**: Provides a summary count of events recorded by each device, which is crucial for understanding the overall network activity and potential security breaches. 9. **Open Firewall Port Summary**: Lists open firewall ports that could be used as entry points for unauthorized access or attacks. 10. **Top 10 Hosts with Most Unsuccessful Administrative Logins**: Identifies the most frequently targeted hosts resulting in unsuccessful administrative logins, indicating potential security vulnerabilities. These queries are designed to provide real-time insights into IT governance and ensure compliance with ISO standards, thereby enhancing overall security posture of an organization. The provided document outlines various aspects and findings from an IT governance framework, specifically focused on access control and information security. It covers multiple standards and their respective sections which include but are not limited to:

• **Access Control Policy**: Details the top 100 most active users based on activity summary, former employee accounts in use, same user using different usernames, and user logged in from two countries.

• **User Access Management**: Addresses policies related to user registration such as managing former employees, handling multiple username usage by a single user, and password changes. Additionally, it discusses review of user access rights including counts of administrative account change attempts.

• **Information Systems Acquisition Development and Maintenance**: Focuses on data validation in applications (especially HTTP request methods), technical vulnerability management related to asset vulnerabilities not detected by scanners, and historical records of assets and their vulnerabilities.

• **Information Security Incident Management**: Covers reporting mechanisms for security events including internal reconnaissance over the last two hours, attacks, suspicious activity, denial of service (DoS) attacks, and ports and events associated with such incidents.

• **Business Continuity Management**: Addresses information security aspects related to business continuity management, specifically focusing on potential risks like DoS attacks and assessing relevant ports and events.

• **Compliance**: Highlights most active email recipients and senders, which are critical for ensuring proper dissemination and handling of sensitive information.

• **Risk Assessment and Treatment**: Identifies high priority events in terms of risk assessment for the organization's IT governance framework.

• **Security Policy**: Reviews the information security policy for any machine activities or violations that contravene established policies.

• **Organization of Information Security**: Discusses internal organizational structures, including management commitment to information security and average time to resolution by case severity.

These sections collectively aim to ensure robust IT governance, compliance with legal requirements, effective risk management, secure access controls, and efficient incident handling within the organization. This document series is a comprehensive report within the framework of IT governance, specifically designed to adhere to ISO 6 standards regarding information security and organizational structures. The reports are organized under several headings that detail various aspects of an organization's internal organization and management of external parties including risks associated with third-party interactions. Key components include detailed analysis: 1. **Information Security Coordination**: This section includes metrics on the average time to resolve cases, such as open cases, case stages counts, status by owner, and more, providing insights into the efficiency and effectiveness of handling security incidents internally. 2. **Allocation of Information Security Responsibilities**: The report details how responsibilities are allocated across different assets, emphasizing the identification and reporting of risks related to third-party interactions such as unauthorized access attempts, policy violations, system vulnerabilities, and other cybersecurity threats. 3. **External Parties Management**: This part focuses on managing and mitigating risks associated with external parties including detailed analysis of:

• Assets available to third parties categorized by domain or criticality.

• Incidents involving third parties, both open and closed cases are tracked.

• Security measures against attacks and suspicious activities from third parties.

• Logs of unsuccessful and successful logins from both administrative and user accounts accessing third-party systems.

• Details on third-party access and incidents related to such access.

The reports provide a detailed, structured view of an organization's information security practices and its response to potential threats posed by internal and external parties, ensuring compliance with ISO 6 standards in IT governance. This report outlines various aspects of information security management within an organization, focusing on the risks associated with external parties and addressing issues such as unauthorized access attempts (unsuccessful user logins from third party systems), handling customer assets securely, managing file activities on accessible third-party systems, asset categorization by criticality, and employee background checks. Additionally, it covers physical security measures like building access controls and operational procedures related to system restarts and application configuration modifications. The provided text outlines various reports related to change management within an organization's IT governance framework, as per the ISO 10 standard for communications and operations management. These reports cover a wide range of topics including firewall configuration changes, network device modifications, security service status updates, successful OS (operating system) changes, syslog restart events, and cross-talk between development, test, and operational environments. Additionally, there are specific reports detailing audit logging from monitoring systems, account lockouts, after-hours logins to sensitive systems, and access patterns of various systems over time. Overall, these reports contribute to the continuous evaluation and improvement of IT infrastructure and processes aimed at maintaining system integrity and security in alignment with ISO 10 standards. This document is a series of reports focusing on monitoring system use, specifically after-hours access to systems, user logins, internet activity, brute force login attempts, database access, file modifications, and various other aspects of system usage within an organization. The reports cover data from the past week and day, as well as specific time frames such as the last day and month. They include details like number of successful and unsuccessful user logins, attempted or failed access, internet activity per device or user, brute force login attempts, database access attempts, file modifications on assets, and more. The reports are part of an IT governance framework aligned with ISO 10 standards and are intended to provide insights into the usage and security of information systems within the organization. The reports cover various aspects of IT governance, monitoring, and system management within an organization, focusing on different areas such as web server load, audit log protection, administrator logs, fault logging, clock synchronization, and third-party service delivery. Key points include: 1. **Web Server Load Monitoring**: This report tracks the usage and performance of the web server over the past week, providing insights into resource utilization and potential issues that may affect service availability or performance. 2. **Audit Log Protection**: The audit log clearing process is monitored to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access. Specific reports track cases where logs were cleared per attacker user name, target, and other criteria, ensuring accountability and security measures are in place. 3. **Administrator Logs**: Detailed records of administrative actions and logins are maintained to ensure proper system management and security. Reports include statistics on successful and failed login attempts, as well as trends over time or by specific users or products. 4. **Fault Logging**: This section captures and analyzes faults within the system, providing logs for top 100 web server errors and daily breakdowns of common issues detected in the past day. These reports help identify and address technical glitches promptly to minimize service disruptions. 5. **Clock Synchronization Issues**: The report on clock synchronization provides an overview of any issues encountered with timekeeping, which is critical for maintaining accurate data and ensuring system integrity across various networked devices. 6. **Third-Party Service Delivery Management**: This involves monitoring changes to third-party services and machines, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and protocols related to external service providers. 7. **Capacity Management**: The report on resource exhaustion detects any signs of overutilization or depletion of resources that could impact system performance. It enables proactive management of available resources to prevent potential system failures or degradation in service quality. 8. **Protection Against Malicious and Mobile Code**: These reports focus on the effectiveness of controls against malicious code, including attacks targeting email systems and instances where anti-virus updates fail. This helps maintain the security posture of the organization's digital infrastructure by detecting and addressing potential threats promptly. The provided document outlines various aspects related to information technology governance, including protection against malicious and mobile code, network security management, exchange of information, electronic commerce services, and access control policies. Key findings include: 1. **Malicious Code Detection**: Reports on the detection of Trojan codes and virus activity across different hosts, detailing failed attempts to remove or quarantine viruses, as well as a summary of such activities. 2. **Network Security Management**: Includes reviews of device logging, open firewall ports, and other network controls intended to safeguard information systems from cyber threats. 3. **Information Exchange Policies**: Addresses issues related to interception of information, with summaries of IM traffic and details about internal and top public web mail senders. 4. **Business Information Systems Vulnerability**: Highlights the existence of vulnerable business information systems that may be susceptible to attacks or other malicious activities. 5. **Security Threats and Attacks**: Documents attacks and suspicious activities targeting public-facing assets, including counts of attack events and external logins to such systems. 6. **Access Control Policies**: Covers aspects such as failed attempts to remove access rights, individual account activity in the last day or week, and successful removal of access rights, all tied into broader access control policies. This document is part of a series focusing on IT governance according to ISO standards, emphasizing the importance of robust cybersecurity measures and compliance with information security policies across various domains of an organization's operations. The provided text outlines various aspects and requirements related to access control within the framework of IT governance, specifically focusing on ISO standards and detailed reporting structures. Here's a summary of the key points: 1. **Access Control Policy**: This includes top-level policies governing user and machine access, such as creating, modifying, deleting accounts, handling former employees’ accounts, and managing passwords. It also covers activities like login attempts from inactive users and multiple locations. 2. **User Registration and Account Management**: This involves registering new users correctly, enforcing password management rules, reviewing access rights, and ensuring proper handling of account deletions, modifications, and changes in user information. 3. **Password Management**: Detailed tracking is required for all password change events, including failed attempts, default vendor account uses, and compliance with security standards like not using common or easily guessable passwords. 4. **Review of User Access Rights**: This involves detailed reviews of administrative accounts to ensure proper access control and updates are made accordingly. 5. **Network Access Control**: Policies for accessing network services include rules about which ports can be accessed on assets, with templates provided for specific policies related to firewall traffic handling and port access permissions. 6. **Reporting Structure**: The text outlines a comprehensive reporting structure that includes detailed templates for summarizing the above-mentioned aspects of access control and network usage policies. This ensures that all relevant information is documented and available for review or audit purposes. This structured approach to access control within an organization's IT governance helps in maintaining security standards, preventing unauthorized access, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The provided document outlines various policies and procedures related to network access control, user authentication, equipment identification, mobile computing, information systems acquisition, development, and maintenance. Key areas covered include insecure transmissions, internal to external traffic, unauthorized service providers, password management, data validation, and system segregation among others. These policies are part of a larger IT governance framework aimed at maintaining the security and integrity of network services and resources. The provided text is a compilation of various sections from multiple reports under the umbrella of "IT Governance 4.0" and ISO standards, specifically focused on information systems acquisition, development, maintenance, security vulnerabilities, and incident management. Here's a summary of each section mentioned in the report: 1. **Output Data Validation**: This involves checking data outputs for correctness by validating broken URL requests and redirect requests over the past day, as well as examining top 100 broken URLs and the largest web server responses. 2. **Cryptographic Controls - Key Management**: The assessment includes reviewing certificates presented to ensure they are valid or not expired, addressing issues with invalid or expired certificates. 3. **Security of System Files - Control of Operational Software**: This section covers ensuring proper control over software changes in operations and access controls to program source code regarding file changes in development. 4. **Information Leakage**: It includes detecting covert channel activities and all information leaks, highlighting areas where sensitive data might be inadvertently or intentionally disclosed outside the system. 5. **Technical Vulnerability Management**: This section focuses on managing technical vulnerabilities by assessing asset model-based vulnerabilities (top 10s), persistent vulnerabilities, vulnerability statistics, and vulnerable assets in the network domain. 6. **Information Security Incident Management**: This part of the report outlines procedures for reporting information security events such as attacks, suspicious activities, and system weaknesses, including trends over time like monthly and weekly patterns. Each section is designed to enhance the overall cybersecurity posture of an organization by identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure, network domains, and software applications. The reports are likely used to meet regulatory requirements or improve internal security policies, ensuring that systems are resilient against cyber threats and compliant with international standards for information security management. The provided text outlines various reports related to information security events, weaknesses, and incident management as per the ISO 13 standard for IT governance. Here's a summarized breakdown of the main sections:

• **Reporting Information Security Events**:

1. **Attacks and Suspicious Activity on a Network Domain** - Monthly trend report (weekly in some cases), including counts of attacks and suspicious activities per attacker machine, network domain, target machine, event names, and more. 2. **Security Weaknesses**:

• **Internal Reconnaissance Activities** - Reports on reconnaissance events, sources, targets, top sources by count, and procedures related to internal reconnaissance activities.

• **Management of Information Security Incidents**:

1. **Responsibilities and Procedures**:

• **Information System Failures by Hosts** - Details system failures leading to incidents.

• **Malicious Code Sources** - Identifies sources contributing to malicious code occurrences.

2. **Learning from Information Security Incidents**:

• **Monthly Trend** - Trends in information security incidents over time, potentially tied to public-facing assets if mentioned elsewhere not captured here.

These reports are crucial for maintaining the integrity and security of digital systems, ensuring that potential threats are identified, reported, and mitigated effectively. The report, titled "IT Governance 4.0/ISO 14 Business Continuity Management" and its associated sections, is focused on enhancing information security by integrating it into the business continuity management process. Key aspects covered include: 1. **Critical Asset Details**: Detailed analysis of critical assets to identify vulnerabilities that could affect business operations. 2. **Business Continuity and Risk Assessment**: This includes monitoring DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, which are simulated shutdowns of critical machines or systems, as well as assessing the effectiveness of these measures over time. 3. **Compliance with Legal Requirements**: Specifically addressing intellectual property rights, the report covers violations, potential threats from internal and external sources, and the misuse of information processing facilities. It also monitors personal data leaks and improper use of organizational records. 4. **Data Protection and Privacy**: The report tracks information security breaches such as leaks in personal and organizational records, ensuring compliance with data protection laws. 5. **Prevention Measures**: Reporting on the number of emails sent over a day, email receivers by size and quantity, and overall prevention strategies to avoid misuse of information processing facilities. These sections collectively aim to provide insights into potential threats, improve security measures, and ensure legal compliance in handling sensitive data and intellectual property. This summary covers a range of compliance and security-related reports, guidelines, and procedures under the IT Governance 4.0 framework, which is aligned with ISO standards such as ISO 15, ISO 4, ISO 6, ISO 7, ISO 8, ISO 9, and ISO 10. The documents address various aspects of information security including prevention of misuse of information processing facilities, compliance with legal requirements, technical compliance, asset management, human resources security, physical and environmental security, communications and operations management, and risk assessment. Key areas covered include:

• Compliance with legal requirements, particularly in preventing the misuse of information processing facilities (Section 15.1.5), which includes monitoring top email senders by size and number of emails as well as the largest emails.

• Technical compliance checks on assets that fail these checks are documented.

• Security policies and standards technical compliance is managed under Section 15.2.2, with detailed records maintained for system audits.

• Information security audit tools' logins are protected in Section 15.3.2 to ensure integrity and confidentiality of audit trails.

• Compliance risk scores are updated according to the ISO 4 standard, including manual status changes.

• Severely attacked systems are identified and managed under specific rules outlined in the document.

• Risks associated with external parties such as third-party system attacks are addressed in Section 6.2.1 of ISO 6.

• Classified traffic information leaks are monitored and reported through ISO 7, with high to low classified levels considered.

• Human resources security includes thorough background checks before employment (Section 8.1), monitoring suspicious activities by new hires (Section 8.1.5), and removing access rights upon termination or change of employment (Section 8.3).

• Physical and environmental security measures such as secure areas, physical entry controls, and employee badge management are detailed in Sections 9.1 to 9.1.2.

• Operations procedures for restarting systems at unscheduled times (Section 10.1.1), managing change in service status (Section 10.1.2), and separating development, test, and operational facilities (Section 10.1.4) are outlined.

• Monitoring systems use includes brute force login attempts, frequent unsuccessful logins by user names, and attacker host logins from unauthorized sources under Section 10.10 of ISO 10.

The provided text outlines several rules and standards related to IT governance, cybersecurity, and system use within an organization. These include monitoring systems, protecting log information, detecting malicious code, exchanging information securely, managing user access, and password policies. Key points are as follows:

• **Monitoring System Use**: Frequent unsuccessful logins can trigger alerts for potential brute force attacks. The audit log should be cleared, and there should be protection against malicious login attempts through multiple administrative accounts.

• **Protection of Log Information**: Audit logs must be maintained securely, including the clearing of audit logs to prevent tampering or loss of evidence.

• **Detection of Malicious Code**: Various indicators are monitored for potential malware outbreaks:

• Detection by antivirus software (both general and specific).

• Suspicion of Trojan horses in internal communications that could compromise system security.

• Failures in virus removal or quarantine attempts across multiple hosts, indicating ineffective controls.

• **Exchange of Information**: Policies should be in place for secure information exchange to prevent interception:

• Specific policies and procedures are outlined for possible information interception scenarios.

• Secure handling of electronic messaging (IM) traffic, including outbound IM traffic.

• **Access Control**: Strict controls are necessary for user access management, especially regarding password changes and account activities:

• Removal of access rights should be clearly documented.

• Regular checks for inactive or stale accounts to prevent unauthorized access.

• Policies for managing different user names for the same individual during login attempts.

• Enforcement of password change policies, particularly where passwords are not updated beyond policy standards.

These rules and their implications help ensure a robust cybersecurity posture within an organization, protecting sensitive information and maintaining operational resilience against potential threats. The summarized information pertains to various aspects of IT governance, focusing on user access management, password policies, network access control, system security vulnerabilities, mobile computing security, and incident reporting within an organization. Key findings include: 1. **User Access Management:**

• Password changes are successful as per the default vendor account settings.

• Administrative accounts are reviewed for necessary access rights.

2. **Network Access Control:**

• Policies prohibit unauthorized use of disallowed ports and detect internal insecure service providers or new services.

• User authentication mechanisms are in place for external connections, including privileged access on remote connections that are not secure.

• New hosts detected within the network infrastructure.

3. **Operating System Access Control:**

• Secure log-on procedures include account lockouts to prevent unauthorized attempts.

• After-hours login to sensitive systems is restricted.

4. **Mobile Computing and Teleworking:**

• There are concerns about attacks against remote assets when using mobile computing or teleworking solutions.

5. **Application Development and Maintenance:**

• Input data validation in applications detects multiple invalid input attempts, while internal processing controls can be improved to prevent exploit vulnerabilities detected through system scans.

• Attempts to change file settings within development environments are monitored and reported.

6. **Technical Vulnerability Management:**

• Existing vulnerabilities are identified and reported by scanners, including recurrent vulnerabilities that have been previously reported but remain unresolved.

• New vulnerabilities are either directly detected through scanning or reported by non-scanner sources. Persistent vulnerabilities continue to pose a risk despite previous detection and remediation efforts.

7. **Incident Reporting and Management:**

• Internal reconnaissance activities are detected, which should be promptly reported internally for further action. Information security incidents are handled according to established procedures, with responsibilities clearly defined.

These findings highlight the importance of continuous monitoring, updating policies, enforcing secure practices across various digital platforms, and swiftly addressing vulnerabilities in IT systems to safeguard information assets effectively. The provided text outlines various rules and trends related to IT governance, as per the ISO standards and IT governance framework version 4.0. Here's a summary of each section: 1. **Shutdown of Highly Critical Machine**: This is an aspect of business continuity management where critical systems are temporarily shut down in response to security incidents or threats. It involves rules related to information security aspects of business continuity management, ensuring that such shutdowns are managed according to established procedures. 2. **Intellectual Property Rights Violation**: This refers to a rule under compliance with legal requirements concerning the protection of organizational records and data privacy. It covers violations of intellectual property rights which need to be reported and addressed. 3. **Personal Information Leak**: Another part of data protection and privacy, this involves rules for managing and protecting personal information from leaks or breaches. This is crucial for compliance with legal standards related to data protection. 4. **Organizational Data Information Leak**: Similar to the above but specifically addressing organizational data security, these rules are in place to prevent and manage data leaks that could compromise sensitive business information. 5. **Quarantine Attacker Address** and **Quarantine Target Address**: These use cases pertain to response rules under IT governance 4.0, involving quarantine actions for dealing with malicious actors attempting unauthorized access or causing disruptions in network operations. 6. **Viruses Failed to be Removed or Quarantined**: This trend highlights the ongoing issue of viruses and malware that continue to pose a threat even after attempted removal or quarantine. It requires monitoring and addressing these issues within IT governance framework. 7. **Daily Trend of Security Service Stopped or Paused Events**: This trend focuses on tracking the frequency and nature of security services being suspended or paused, indicating potential weaknesses in the system's resilience against threats. 8. **Remote Access Attempts** and **Trend of Daily After Hour Logins**: These trends track user activities during off-hours, suggesting a need to manage access points for unauthorized remote connections that could be exploited by cyber threats. 9. **User Login Count**, **Web Server Load**, and **Count ,of Administrative Logins**: These metrics monitor the frequency and types of logins across different system components, indicating potential areas of weakness in user authentication or network security settings. 10. **Failed Administrative Logins - Long Term Trend** and **Trend of Failed Administrative Actions**: These trends highlight persistent issues with unauthorized administrative access attempts, which could be linked to insider threats or weaknesses in the internal control framework. 11. **Machine Access per User** and **Monitored Users**: These are related to access controls where daily usage patterns of machines by users need to be monitored for compliance and security purposes. 12. **Periodic Vulnerability Statistics**: This trend involves tracking statistics on the presence and resolution of technical vulnerabilities within systems, which is crucial for proactive vulnerability management and risk mitigation. 13. **Attacks and Suspicious Activities Trend**: This ongoing monitoring helps in identifying patterns or spikes in attacks and suspicious activities across different network domains, enabling timely response to potential threats. 14. **Information Security Incidents**: The use cases related to the reporting and learning from such incidents involve detailed tracking of security events that have occurred within an organization's information systems. 15. **Business Continuity Risk Assessment** under information security aspects involves assessing risks associated with denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which are tracked in trends related to business continuity management. These summaries provide a broad overview of the various rules and metrics being monitored within IT governance frameworks, highlighting areas where IT departments must maintain vigilance against potential threats and ensure robust security practices are in place across an organization's digital operations. This summary outlines various "Use Cases" related to IT governance in the context of managing and securing information technology infrastructures, as part of a broader strategy known as IT Governance 4.0. The use cases cover a wide range of scenarios including changes to administrative accounts, network equipment, clock synchronization issues, covert channel activity, database access, default vendor accounts, disallowed ports, denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, email activity, exploit of vulnerabilities, firewall traffic overview, former employee account activity, high-risk events, information system failures, input validation, insecure communications, intellectual property rights violations, internal reconnaissance activity, physical access, policy violations, removal of access rights, security categorization, and more. Each use case addresses specific aspects of IT management that are crucial for maintaining the integrity, availability, and security of an organization's information systems. These cases involve monitoring activities such as password management, PKI certificate validity, user logins and logouts, network traffic analysis (including between different classification levels, domains, and zones), unauthorized access attempts, incident detection, vulnerability scanning, and employee behavior oversight to identify suspicious or risky activities by new hires or former employees. Additionally, the summary mentions specific technologies used in these scenarios like logging devices, monitoring configuration changes, security services monitoring, and physical access controls. It also covers legal implications such as intellectual property rights violations and highlights the importance of maintaining a secure environment through policies that prevent unauthorized use of network resources (non-secure remote access) or using inappropriate ports. Overall, IT governance 4.0 is focused on proactive management to ensure compliance with regulations, protection of sensitive information, continuous improvement in security practices, and effective response to potential threats or breaches, which are critical for organizations aiming for a robust cybersecurity posture.

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