Establish and Maintain Cybersecurity Program

The organization must operate, maintain, and continuously develop a security management system.

The boundaries and scope, contents, role, cumulative implementation information and other necessary descriptive information related to the management system must be clearly documented.

Organization's top management sets security objectives. Security objectives meet the following requirements:

• they shall take into account applicable data security and data protection requirements and the results of risk assessment and treatment
• they are clearly communicated to key security and data protection personnel, staff and other relevant stakeholders
• they are updated as necessary (e.g. when the risk landscape changes or periodically when the objectives are met)
• they are documented and (if possible) measurable

In connection with the documentation of security objectives, the necessary top-level improvements and tasks, needed resources, responsible persons, due dates and methods for evaluating the results in order to achieve the objectives are also defined.

The organization has an information security policy developed and approved by top management. The policy shall include at least the following:

• the basis for setting the organization’s security objectives
• commitment to meeting information security requirements
• commitment to continuous improvement of the information security management system

In addition, the task owner shall ensure that:

• the is appropriate for the organization's business idea
• the policy is communicated to the entire organization
• the policy is available to stakeholders as appropriate

The organization must establish and maintain a cyber security program. The program must have the support of the top management.

The program must be established:

• According to the cyber security program strategy
• The support of the top management is active and supports the development and maintenance of the program
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  • The program is responsible for a role that has the authority to fulfill it

The organization's top management must demonstrate a commitment to cyber security work and the management system. Management commits to:

• defining the frameworks or other requirements that form the basis for work (e.g. customer promises, regulations or certificates)
• determining the resources needed to manage security
• communicating the importance of cyber security
• ensuring that the work achieves the desired results
• promoting the continuous improvement of cyber security

Top management also decides the scope of the information security management system and records the decision in the description of the system. This means, for example, whether some parts of the organisation's activities or information are excluded from the scope of the management system, or whether it applies to all information / activities of the organization.