{"id":1135,"date":"2026-06-02T15:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/cybersecurity-compliance-program\/?page_id=1135"},"modified":"2026-07-07T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:38:25","slug":"information-security-policy-and-standards-management-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/it.rutgers.edu\/cybersecurity-compliance-program\/information-security-policy-and-standards-management-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Information Security Policy and Standards Management Program"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-basic  hero-basic color-white\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--hero-basic\">\n        \n<div class=\"outer-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"text-container\">\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--page-title \"><h1>Information Security Policy and Standards Management Program<\/h1>\n\n<\/div><!-- f--field f--page-title -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"f--field f--text \"><\/div><!-- f--field f--text -->\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--hero-basic -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--text-50-50  text-50-50 color-white\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--text-50-50\">\n        \n<div class=\"container color-white\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"content-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"left-content\">\n            <p>The Information Security Policy Management Program is the foundation of IT Governance for the university through the creation and management of policies and standards.  The IS Compliance and Training Team uses a project management methodology approach to coordinate the process for identifying, updating and publishing IT policies and standards.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Security Standards Management Program establishes a consistent process in support of the requirement to define technical configuration parameters and associated value standards so that management can secure university assets and comply with university policy and regulatory requirements. Standards are formal documentation that establish uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and practices.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"right-content\">\n            <p>The IS Compliance and Training Team is responsible for leading the work group that will draft and revise documents and present them to reviewers and approvers; and for maintaining a repository of standards. The team also offers templates and offers guidance to areas creating procedures or guidelines for their own business units\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/about\/office-of-information-technology\/information-security-office\/contact-the-information-security-office\/\">Contact the Information Security office<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--text-50-50 -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n\n\n    <section class=\"cc--component-container cc--enhanced-cards  enhanced-cards color-light-gray\">\n\n<div class=\"c--component c--enhanced-cards\">\n        \n\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"enhanced-cards-bg-img-container  color-light-gray\" style=\"; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; position: relative; z-index:1;\">\n\n        <div class=\"enhanced-cards\" style=\"grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));\">\n\n            <div class=\"title-description\">\n                                    <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Rutgers Policy Information<\/h2>\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n\n                                            <div class=\"before-title enhanced-card box-shadow has-button color-white visual-content-none text-align-center\" style=\"align-items:center;\">\n                                                                \n                    \n                                        <div class=\"content-wrapper\" style=\"\">\n\n                                                    <div data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--title\" class=\"title-container\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n                                                                                                                                                                        <h3>\n                                                                            Information Technology Policies                                                                    <\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        \n\n                        <div class=\"content\" data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--content\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                            <p>Rutgers has set policies to ensure the integrity of its infrastructure, the security of its data, and the efficient and ethical use of its resources. <\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                                                    <a class=\"button\" href=\"\/policies\" style=\"\" target=\"_self\">Learn more<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"before-title enhanced-card box-shadow has-button color-white visual-content-none text-align-center\" style=\"align-items:center;\">\n                                                                \n                    \n                                        <div class=\"content-wrapper\" style=\"\">\n\n                                                    <div data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--title\" class=\"title-container\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n                                                                                                                                                                        <h3>\n                                                                            University Policy Library                                                                    <\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        \n\n                        <div class=\"content\" data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--content\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                            <p>The University Policy Library is the official source for Rutgers policies. Most information technology related policies are located in Section 70.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                                                    <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.rutgers.edu\/PublicPageViewGroup.aspx?id=73\" style=\"\" target=\"_self\">Learn more<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"before-title enhanced-card box-shadow has-button color-white visual-content-none text-align-center\" style=\"align-items:center;\">\n                                                                \n                    \n                                        <div class=\"content-wrapper\" style=\"\">\n\n                                                    <div data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--title\" class=\"title-container\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n                                                                                                                                                                        <h3>\n                                                                            Recent policy updates                                                                    <\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        \n\n                        <div class=\"content\" data-mh=\"c--enhanced-cards--content\" style=\"width:100%\">\n                            <p>View the most recent policy updates that have been added to the University Policy Library.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                                                    <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.rutgers.edu\/view-policies\/recent-policy-updates-revised-rescinded-or-new\" style=\"\" target=\"_self\">Learn more<\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n            \n            \n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div><!-- c--component c--enhanced-cards -->\n\n    <\/section><!-- cc--component-container cc--section -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":992,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"page-category":[],"class_list":["post-1135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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