Technology: REALTOR® Secure White Papers
- What are my responsibilities?
- What do I need to do?
- How do I get started?
Want a basic understanding of information security fundamentals? The following white papers and executive briefs provide the needed background material to get started when reviewing information security for your brokerage, MLS or association.
Executive Briefs
Information Security - Management Principles
Directing and controlling an organization to establish and sustain a culture of security in the organizations conduct including beliefs, behaviors, capabilities and actions. Read Management Principles Executive Brief (366k pdf file) to better understand information security decision making, planning and budgeting.
Information Security - Decision Insight
The executive brief provides direction for reviewing your environment, assessing your security risks and documenting your security decisions. Read Decision Insights Executive Brief (698k pdf file) to learn practical steps you can take when evaluating information security environment.
Information Security - Key Concepts
This primer discusses the key security tenets of confidentiality, integrity and availability. These tenets ensure that information is made available when needed, in a trusted form, to only those with proper access to use the data. Read Key Concepts Executive Brief (717k pdf file) to learn more on these important security concepts.
Information Security - Regulatory Overview
The trend towards more legislative control over consumer and personal information is growing.The laws and regulations can be complex and often vague. Read Regulatory Overview Executive Brief (788k pdf file) to learn more about the laws and regulations that could impact you.
White Papers
Information Security - Executives Guide to Getting Started
This white paper discusses the need for proactive security management and what an executive should do to start the process in their organization. Read Executives Guide to Getting Started (889k pdf file) for a management guide to the challenges of information security in real estate.
Planning for Disaster
In the wake of recent event this paper (authoreded by Clareity Consulting) provides giuidance on business continuity and disaster planning (151k pdf file)
The REALTOR® Secure Executive Briefs and White Papers are in PDF format. To read themt, download a free version of Adobe Reader.
