Regulatory Standards & Guidelines
Regulatory, government and association standards that provide the foundation for developing organization-specific security plans
Joint Commission standards are the basis of an objective evaluation process that can help health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. The standards focus on important patient, individual, or resident care and organization functions that are essential to providing safe, high quality care.
In 1990, Congress enacted the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Title II of Public Law 101-542), which amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). This act required all post-secondary institutions participating in HEA's Title IV student financial assistance programs to disclose campus crime statistics and security information. The act was amended in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2008. The 1998 amendments renamed the law the Jeanne Cleary Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in memory of a student who was slain in her dorm room in 1986. It is generally referred to as the Cleary Act and is in section 485(f) of the HEA.
ASIS Guidelines provides Physical Security Professionals with a comprehensive selection of documents
This is in response to a concerted need for guidelines regarding security issues in the United States
By addressing specific concerns and issues inherent to security professionals, security guidelines will better serve the needs of security professionals by increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security practices and solutions, as well as enhance the professionalism of the industry
ASIS Standard and Guideline publications are developed through a voluntary consensus standards development process. This process brings together volunteers and/or seeks out the views of persons who have an interest in the topic covered by the publication.
These Standards provide current processes that support appropriate awareness, prevention, preparation, and response to changes in threat conditions.
Standards are structured at a high level, although specific considerations and responses are also addressed for consideration by individual organization based on identifiable risk and requirements.
On the federal level, 2016 has seen the release of updated Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) requirements by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the non-profit empowered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with authority to oversee grid security.
The CIP plan is a set of nine standards and some 45 requirements that cover a broad variety of cybersecurity protocols.
Under the CIP plan, utilities are required to identify critical cyber assets and ensure they are protected by electronic security measures, such as encryption and two-factor authentication.
They must develop plans for incident reporting and recovery, and train personnel on response plans. The CIP standards even govern physical security measures, such as security guards and visitor logs.
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