TopLine Quarterly Newsletter

Security Brief for the Executive Perspective

Top management is a tough audience for the security awareness message--they've heard enough horror stories, they zone out with too many technical details, and they don't always lead by example with their own behaviors. CSI's answer to this awareness dilemma requires no work on your part and is ready for immediate distribution at your organization--TopLine, a two-page, quarterly security brief written from and for the executive, business perspective.

TopLine takes execs through difficult security-related management issues with an eye on business goals, impacting their thoughts on such topics as:

• Should managers monitor corporate e-mail for inappropriate content?
  
  
• How should corporate accounting show losses from computer crime incidents?
  
  
• The security implications of Sarbanes-Oxley
  
  
• What's the return on investment for various approaches to employee security awareness?
  
  
• Is top management security's weakest link?
  
  
• Anticipating the security costs of business partnerships

The feature article in each TopLine brief is authored by Michael J. Corby, Senior Director at Gartner Consulting and one of the founders of the CISSP certification effort. Mike understands the high-level business perspective on security and the challenges you face in communicating the security message to this audience.

TopLine is brandable with your company logo on the masthead, appearing as an internal communication from your security department or, to add credibility, the CSI logo can also be included. Distributing TopLine requires no work on your part; all production is handled by CSI and each issue is delivered in PDF format for posting to your internal intranet. TopLine may also be printed and distributed hard copy.

How would your security program change if top management got behind their role in creating a world-class security program at your organization? It's time to find out.

Here's a PDF example of TopLine.

TopLine is a companion newsletter to CSI's FrontLine: Tips and Techniques to Protect your Information. For years, organizations have utilized FrontLine to reinforce the security message to the general population of end-users. More information on Frontline is available at GoCSI.com/awareness.