Elite Bet Gambling Company: Information Assurance Policy Project

This project presents a comprehensive Information Assurance Policy designed for the Elite Bet gambling company. The policy covers several key areas, including an Acceptable Use Policy that outlines guidelines for employee conduct, acceptable internet usage, and the prohibition of illegal activities. It also details a Data Classification Policy, ensuring systematic data organization and retrieval, and Data Protection Standards to safeguard sensitive information. Furthermore, the project includes a Social Media Policy, which restricts the disclosure of company information on social media platforms. The document also defines key terms such as 'Browser,' 'Computer,' 'Confidentiality,' 'Security Policy,' 'Software,' and 'Spam,' and provides a list of references used in the creation of the policy. The policy aims to protect the company's information assets from unauthorized access and misuse, ensuring the security and integrity of its operations.

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Information assurance policy for Elite bet gambling company.......................................................3
Acceptable use policy..................................................................................................................3
The overview................................................................................................................................3
The purpose..................................................................................................................................4
The scope.....................................................................................................................................4
Policy compliance....................................................................................................................5
Illegal use of the policy................................................................................................................6
Data classification policy.........................................................................................................8
Data protection standards.........................................................................................................8
Social media policy..................................................................................................................8
Definition of terms.......................................................................................................................9
Browser....................................................................................................................................9
Computer..................................................................................................................................9
Confidentiality..........................................................................................................................9
Security Policy.........................................................................................................................9
Software..................................................................................................................................10
Spam.......................................................................................................................................10
References..................................................................................................................................10

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Information assurance policy for Elite bet gambling company
Acceptable use policy
Elite bet betting company have a fair use policy as one of their information assurance
policyWillett, K. D. (2008). It is illegal to use any information about the company without the
patent rights for using the datna. According to Ventre, D. (2012)an information assurance policy
refers to the formulated guidelines that govern the use of specific information within the
company such that all the users of the organization's data are monitored by the organization's
system hence prevent hackers from unauthorized access to the company's information.
According to United States. (2013) , the acceptable use policy was formulated by SANS
Institute for all the internet users and is freely applicable in any organization
The overview
The acceptable policy was not intended to restrict the company from enjoying their culture of
openness, trust, and integrity(Susilo, W., & Mu, Y. 2014), It seeks to protect the employees,
partners and elite bet company from disallowed or damaging actions either purposely or
unintentionally from individuals within or outside the organization. Schou, C., & Shoemaker, D.
(2007) states that the policy acknowledges the ownership of; the software, URL, the
internet/intranet/Extranet-related systems by the company. The systems are mainly meant to
facilitate business operations for the company for the achievement of the company's set
objectives. The system run by the organization should also be used for the interest of the
customers in the course of their normal business operations in gambling.According to the Royal

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College of Psychiatrists. (2010), All the employees have the responsibility of protecting the
company's information for the adequate security of the data.
The purpose
The policy is meant to highlight the adequate security measures when dealing with the
company's information systems(Rowlands, I. 2012). The company has come up with various
ways to protect the information from unauthorized access such as the provision of a password for
logging in by the employees. , the antivirus systems have to be installed to protect the systems
from virus attacks, and cybersecurity systems have also been established in the company's
software to prevent the compromisation of the network systems, services, and legal
issues(Papanicolas, I., & Smith, P. 2013).
The scope
Lee, D. H., & Workshop on Information Security Applications. (2012) state that the policy
applies to information which might be electronic and also its implemented in the usage of
computer devices and resource networks to facilitate gambling activities for elite bet subscribers
and through interaction with other network systems that provide live score updates and how the
matches are fairing. According to Keyser, T., & Dainty, C. (2018),the contractors, consultants
and all the other employees are responsible for exercising good judgment in line with the correct
use of information, the electronic devices within the company and network resources as per the
company’s stipulated policies. The policy applies to all the company assets.

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Policy compliance
Grieves, M. (2012) states that all the employees for elite bet company have to comply with the
stipulated policy in the following ways:
All the information and the assets are the company property and should be protected
All the individuals have the mandate to report them immediately
theft, loss or unauthorized access to the private company information
Necessary information should always be used when accomplishing the company's assigned tasks
Various departments within the company are responsible for creating the guidelines regarding
personal internet usage
Authorized personnel within the company should monitor the internet usage for security and
network maintenance purposes.
Auditing of the network systems should be done regularly to ensure compliance with the
stipulated rules and regulations.
System-level and user level passwords must comply with the Password Policy for the company
which provides only a single password for the users
Providing access to another individual’s portal either deliberately or through failure to secure his
or her access illegal.
Every person You must lock the screen or log off when the device is unattended to prevent
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Employees are prohibited from using the organizational website for show off or posting their
own issues and applies to any worker in any organization unless posting is in the course of
business duties.
Employees must use extreme caution when opening email attachments from spammers due to
malware invasion to the organization system.
Illegal use of the policy
Employees are encouraged to have an access to a host if that host is disrupting production
processes so as to take immediate action(Chen, X., & Inscrypt. 2018).
Copying of materials written by others as yours and the installation of any copyrighted software
for which or the end user does not have the patent rights is prohibited.
Logging into the website , a server or an account for any purpose other than conducting business,
even if you have authorized access, is prohibited
Introduction of malicious programs into the network or server (e.g., viruses, worms, Trojan
horses, e-mail bombs,
Sharing of your account password to others is illegal since they might share wrong information
without your consent and you will end up been followed up for the mistakes you are not aware of
Misusing the company’s computers through visitation of pornographic websites is prohibited
hence illegal since the information obtained might lead to secxual harassment
Manipulation of user authentication or security of any host, network or account for personal gain
is prohibited

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Introducing honeypots, honeynets, or similar technology on the network is illegal foer security
purpose
Interuption of other organization,s network through interfering with their network systems is
prohibited
Providing information about, or lists of, employees to outsiders is illegal due to security of such
employees
Email and Communication Activities
According to Boyd, C., & Simpson, L. (2013), empoyees using company computers to access
and use the Internet must realize that they are representatives of the company and whenever
employees state affiliation to the company when giving opinions on issues relating to the
company ,they must also clearly indicate that the expressed opinions are there own and not
necessarily those of the companyand any issues that arise may be addressed to the IT
Department of the company and violation of these policy isd illegal
Sending of spam messages to other people from the organization’s website or emailing of people
with out their permission is not allowed
Harrassing others either through email, pager ,facebook or any other social platform is prohibited
and is punishable by law
According to Asia Joint Conference on Information Security, & IEEE Computer Society.
(2013) , Posting non business related messages to the online platform where employees discuss
business issues is prohibited such as on whats app or facebook platform

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Data classification policy
It states that all the data in the system should be arranged systematically for easy retrieval of the
desired information.
Data protection standards
Security measures should be put in place to ensure that the company's critical data cannot be
accessible to outsiders.
Social media policy
The policy stipulates that the employees should not disclose crucial facts about the company to
social media for the privacy of information purpose

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Definition of terms
Browser
A computer software that enables the user to accesss the internet
Computer
Refers to an electronic device that processes the information input into output as per the user
requirement
Confidentiality
When the information is displayed to only the desired people
Security Policy
A set of rules and practices that specify or regulate how a system or organization
provides
security services to protect sensitive and critical system resources.
Software
Is a computer installed program that facilitates the functioning of the various computer
installed applications
Spam
Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings.

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References
Asia Joint Conference on Information Security, & IEEE Computer Society. (2013). AsiaJCIS
2013: 2013 Eighth Asia Joint Conference on Information Security : proceedings : 25-26
July 2013, Seoul, South Korea.
Boyd, C., & Simpson, L. (2013). Information Security and Privacy: 18th Australasian
Conference, ACISP 2013, Brisbane, Australia, July 1-3, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin,
Heidelberg: Springer.
Chen, X., & Inscrypt. (2018). Information security and cryptology: 13th international
conference, Inscrypt 2017, Xi'an, China, November 3-5, 2017 : revised selected papers.
Grieves, M. (2012). Information Policy in the Electronic Age.
Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario. (2007). Your privacy and Ontario's
Information and Privacy Commissioner. Toronto: Author.
Keyser, T., & Dainty, C. (2018). The Information Governance Toolkit: Data Protection,
Caldicott, Confidentiality.
Lee, D. H., & Workshop on Information Security Applications. (2012). Information security
applications: 13th international workshop : revised selected papers. Heidelberg:
Springer.
Papanicolas, I., & Smith, P. (2013). Health System Performance Comparison: An Agenda for
Policy, Information and Research.
Rowlands, I. (2012). Understanding Information Policy.
Royal College of Psychiatrists. (2010). Good psychiatric practice: Confidentiality and
information sharing. London: Author.

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Schou, C., & Shoemaker, D. (2007). Information assurance for the enterprise: A roadmap to
information security. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Susilo, W., & Mu, Y. (2014). Information Security and Privacy: 19th Australasian Conference,
ACISP 2014, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, July 7-9, 2014. Proceedings. Cham:
Springer.
United States. (2013). Homeland Security Information Network improvements and challenges.
United States. (2013). Reducing over-classification of DHS' national security information.
Ventre, D. (2012). Information Warfare. London: Wiley.
Willett, K. D. (2008). Information assurance architecture. Boca Raton: CRC Press.