You may have 200 websites but you might not need to control and secure some as strong as others. You need to do a risk assessment on each to determine the level of security needed so that you aren't doing too much or too little.

Also what governance are they required to follow? This will also drive your needs. I. E ISO27001

Just remember that the most expensive thing that will be lost with a breach is their reputation and it is hard to put $$$$ on that.

What you stated as your annual audit list would be considered minimum controls on a government website that may hold classified or confidential data.

Also keep in mind that if these are in a virtual environment you have other controls to consider too.

Cathryn Olds. Msisa
IT Security Administrator

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On Jun 19, 2012, at 2:39 PM, "Shane Anglin" <shane.anglin (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:

> And, ask yourself who is projecting the costs associated with data loss? If it's your personal data the govt/business is protecting and they attribute the cost of loss as one year of free credit reporting, their cost assessment isn't the best measure in my book.
>
>
> Regards,
> Shane Anglin
>
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Dan Lynch <DLynch (at) placer.ca (dot) gov [email concealed]> wrote:
>
>>> From: Miguel Gracia
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:58 AM
>>> To: marco cohen; security-basics (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
>>> Subject: RE: protecting web apps for governaments
>>>
>>> There is no such thing as too much protection. If the company
>>> feels comfortable with this and thus requests nothing less,
>>> then it is worth having. From a technical standpoint, it may
>>> be overkill but it may be a requirement depending on audits
>>> done on the company and/or web apps.
>>
>>
>> Protecting $100 worth of data with $101 worth of mitigation is too much protection. Any security measures you implement MUST be justified by the value of the data, and the cost of loss and recovery.
>>
>> Granted, this is difficult in a government environment, where you can't calculate losses in terms of sales and revenue. You end up with management and elected officals calculating the cost against the near-infinite value of their careers, reputations, and egos.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>> Dan Lynch, CISSP
>> Information Technology Analyst
>> County of Placer
>> Auburn, CA
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