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Ensuring User Accountability

Many organizations add the responsibility for adherence to and support of security measures to job descriptions. Some organizations take this a step further and ask each employee to sign a compliance agreement whereby they agree to follow the security policies and procedures in effect for the organization.

Compliance is monitored as part of the regular job and/or performance review. This can be an effective, additional method for gaining active support of security policy and procedures by every employee. If employees are aware that their performance is evaluated, in part, by their adherence to security policy, then it is generally understood that your organization takes security seriously.