10 steps to an effective approach to cyber security
1.Risk management regime
Assess the risks to your organisation’s information and systems by embedding an appropriate risk management regime. This should be supported by the Board and senior managers. Ensure that all employees, contractors and suppliers are aware of the approach and any applicable risk boundaries.
2. Secure configuration
Having an approach to identify baseline technology builds and processes for ensuring configuration management can greatly improve the security of systems.
You should develop a strategy to remove or disable unnecessary functionality from systems, and to quickly fix known vulnerabilities, usually via patching. Failure to do so is likely to result in increased risk of compromise of systems and information.
3. Network security
Connections from your networks to the Internet and other partner networks, expose your systems and technologies to a potential attack.
Reduce the chances of your systems and technologies being attacked by creating and implementing simple policies and appropriate architectural and technical responses. Your organisation's networks almost certainly span many sites and the use of mobile or remote working, and cloud services, makes defining a fixed network boundary difficult. Rather than focusing purely on physical connections, think about where your data is stored and processed, and where an attacker would have the opportunity to interfere with it.
4.Managing user privileges
If users are provided with unnecessary system privileges or data access rights, then the risk of misuse or compromise is increased. All users should be provided with a reasonable (but minimal) level of system privileges and rights needed for their role. The granting of highly elevated system privileges should be carefully controlled and managed. This principle is sometimes referred to as ‘least privilege’.
5. User education and awareness
Users have a critical role to play in their organisation’s security. It is important to educate staff on the potential cyber risks, to ensure users can do their job as well as help keep the organisation secure.
6. Incident management
All organisations will experience security incidents at some point.
Investment in creating effective incident management policies and processes will help to improve resilience, support business continuity, improve customer and stakeholder confidence and potentially reduce any impact. You should identify recognised sources (internal or external) of specialist incident management expertise.
7.Malware prevention
Malicious software, or malware is an umbrella term to cover any code or content that could have a malicious, undesirable impact on systems. Any exchange of information carries with it a degree of risk that malware might be exchanged, this could seriously impact your systems and services. The risk may be reduced by developing and implementing appropriate anti-malware policies.
8. Monitoring
System monitoring aims to detect actual or attempted attacks on systems and business services. Good monitoring is essential in order to effectively respond to attacks. In addition, monitoring allows you to ensure that systems are being used appropriately in accordance with organisational policies. Monitoring is often a key capability needed to comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
9. Removable media controls
Produce a policy to control all access to removable media. Limit media types and use. Scan all media for malware before importing onto the corporate system.
10. Home and mobile working
Mobile working and remote system access offers great benefits, but exposes new risks that need to be managed. Risk based policies and procedures that support mobile working or remote access to systems that are relevant to users, as well as service providers should be created. Train users on the secure use of their mobile devices in the environments they are likely to be working in.
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FAQs
Politics. Jersey is a Crown Dependency and is not part of the United Kingdom – it is officially part of the British Islands. As one of the Crown Dependencies, Jersey is autonomous and self-governing, with its own independent legal, administrative and fiscal systems.
Who controls Jersey? ›
Jersey is a British Crown Dependency, and is defended and internationally represented by the UK government. The Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey is the personal representative of His Majesty the King on the Island.
Is it government of Jersey or States of Jersey? ›
Parliament and Governance
The Island has its own democratically-elected parliament, the States of Jersey Assembly. There are 49 elected members of the States: 12 Connétables (representing the parishes of the Island) and 37 constituency Deputies. General Elections are held every four years with the next due in 2026.
What is the political status of Jersey? ›
Jersey is a self-governing dependency of the British Crown and is not part of the UK and isn't represented in the UK parliament. The King is the Head of State for Jersey. The Lieutenant Governor is His Majesty's personal representative. Jersey has its own fiscal, administrative and legal systems.
Are Jersey citizens UK citizens? ›
Jersey looks to the UK for defence, and the majority of Islanders travel on British passports as British citizens like the Scots and Welsh, but unlike those other nations of the British Isles it is not part of the UK, as passports issued in Jersey make clear.
Is Jersey a country in its own right? ›
People born in Jersey have British nationality given that Jersey is a UK dependency and a crown protectorate. Therefore, Jersey is not a nation- state.
Why does Jersey belong to the UK not France? ›
In 1204, when King John lost continental Normandy to the French King Phillipe-Auguste, the people of Jersey made the decision to remain loyal to the English Crown.
Is Jersey governed by Westminster? ›
This island is for the most part self-governing, with its own independent legal, administrative and fiscal systems. The link between the island and the monarchy, rather than through Parliament, has led to an effectively independent political development on the island.
Is Jersey a country yes or no? ›
Jersey and Guernsey are Channel Islands located in the English Channel between Britain and France. They are not independent countries, but rather British Crown Dependencies that are technically Bailiwicks.
Who is the head of Jersey? ›
Chief Minister of Jersey, Lyndon Farnham.
They divided the land in half and gave control to two proprietors: Sir George Carteret (who was in charge of the east side) and Lord John Berkley (who was in charge of the west side). The land was officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.
How many people live in Jersey? ›
Jersey's resident population at the end of 2022 was estimated to be 103,200 people. The report shows that in 2022: the size of the resident population was unchanged from 2021 and has been relatively stable since 2018. net migration was +60.
Is Jersey a Democrat state? ›
As a result, at the presidential level, New Jersey is now considered part of the solid bloc of Democratic states in the Northeast referred to as the "blue wall". The most recent victory by a Republican in a U.S. Senate race in the state was Clifford P. Case's reelection in 1972.
Is Jersey very expensive? ›
Cost of living in Jersey can be high compared to other countries, although salaries are often comparably higher too. You can view on the Numbeo website how much it costs to live in Jersey compared to where you live now.
Why is Jersey called a bailiwick? ›
A bailiwick is a legal area administered by one body or person, known as the bailiff. In the case of the Channel Islands, there are two: the Bailiwick of Jersey, and the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
Do UK citizens have the right to work in Jersey? ›
Work permits
British and Irish citizens don't need a work permit to work in Jersey. Everyone else will require a work permit which has to be applied for by your prospective employer.
Is Jersey in the EU or UK? ›
Guernsey and Jersey are not part of the EU or the European Economic Area (EEA), but they are currently part of the EU Customs Union in accordance with Protocol 3 to the Act of Accession to the European Economic Community of 1972.
Is Jersey part of UK for tax purposes? ›
Jersey is a self-governing Crown Dependency with its own fiscal and legal system.
Does Jersey contribute to the UK? ›
Of all UK imports from Jersey in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2023, £60 million (1.6%) were goods and £3.7 billion (98.4%) were services. In the same period, UK imports of services from Jersey increased by 39.5% or £1.0 billion in current prices, compared to the four quarters to the end of Q3 2022.
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