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Planning for a Security System

The primary goal of any security system is to protect organization information assets. To implement security effectively, you must be aware of threats that exist and then determine the best ways to protect your site from these threats.

You have two basic ways to protect against unauthorized use of computer resources:

• Prevent unauthorized users from accessing the system
• Control what authorized users have access to

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

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