BLUE KAIZEN CENTER OF IT SECURITY Cairo Security Camp 2010 Reduce Security Compliance Costs Using Open Source Subject : This document gives the user an introduction to Information Security Compliance, Why Comply ?, Compliance Costs, Open Source Definition, Why Consider Open Source ?, Open Source Software useful for Security Compliance, Open Source References and Case Study, Facing Open Source Challenges and Open Source Software Selection Criteria. Author : Mostafa Ibrahim Version : 1.0 Date : July, 2010 Nb pages : 53 Reduce Security Compliance Costs Using Open Source Mostafa Ibrahim Security Meter CTO CISA, ISO 27001 LA, RHCE
[email protected] AGENDA 1 Information Security Compliance 2 Why Comply ? 3 Compliance Costs 4 Open Source Definition 5 Why Consider Open Source ? 6 Open Source Software useful for Security Compliance 3 AGENDA 7 Open Source References and Case Study 8 Facing Open Source Challenges 9 Open Source Software Selection Criteria 10 Conclusion 4 AGENDA 1 Information Security Compliance 5 Information Security Compliance • Forcing companies to put their infrastructure in order • In many cases face stiff penalties if dead line are not met • Prescribe Policies and Procedures that > Cover minimum standards for use of IT equipment, > Cover definitions of misuse > Cover rules for enforcing the standards that have been set. > Protect the company's IT equipment, data, and other assets. > Include security and other business policies 6 Standards vs Regulations • Standards: – Issued by national or international bodies e.g. BSI, ISO. – Codes of practice (e.g. ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 20000) – Sanctions: none • Regulations: – Issued by government agencies, markets or sectoral bodies – Gov. Agencies e.g.