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This 3 page paper discusses why it’s important to have a Security Manager who understands something about finance and accounting, and what they might mean to internal and external threats to the company. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and accounting, a security manager cannot adequately defend the organization against attacks, both external and internal. Discussion Research on this subject has been difficult and not particularly rewarding; its been
impossible to find a document that ties security management directly to financial information. A reasonable approach, therefore, seems to be to find out specifically what a security manager does, and
then draw conclusions as to why he or she would need financial and accounting information to counter threats to the organization. According to Microsoft, security managers have responsibility for the
"assessment, resolution, and maintenance of effective security requirements within the organization" (2008). This means that it is a senior management level position, and it is up to the security manager
to develop effective strategies for "Identifying the most important requirements in developing a secure environment"; "Identifying the types of data in the organization and the level of security required to
protect this data"; Identifying and recording any security rules focused on the business; identifying risks; and "responding to security incidents" (Microsoft, 2008). The State of Oregon lists a
number of functions for Security Managers, most of which have to do with IT security (2005). It does however expect Security Managers to participate in state projects in the projects
various phases: initiation, planning, execution, controlling and closing (McMillen 2005). During the initiation phase, the Security Manager will review new projects and assign a "security risk rating" to the project
(McMillen 2005). During the planning phase, the Security Manager will attend meetings or review minutes to "ensure that appropriate security controls are integrated into project plans and objectives" (McMillen,
2005). During execution, the Security Manager will "ensure that planned information security tasks are integrated successfully into the project schedule, and are implemented correctly" (McMillen, 2005). The Security Manager will
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