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Planning for a Security System

The primary goal of any security system is to protect an organization's information assets. To effectively implement security, you must be aware of the threats that exist at your site. You must then determine how to best protects your site from these threats.

There are two basic ways to protect against unauthorized use of computer resources:

• Block unauthorized users from accessing the system
• Block authorized users from accessing items to which they should not have access

CA ControlMinder provides tools to protect your system in both ways. CA ControlMinder also provides auditing tools that let you trace user activity to track attempted misuse of the computer system.

Once you have determined the goals of the security project you can write a security policy statement and put together an implementation team. The implementation team should set priorities that can help determine what data, applications, and users must be secured.