Chapter 5: How Documentation Contributes to Security
Documentation is an information systems security exercise that entails recording security processes, procedures, and policies to allow security leaders to enforce security measures. It also ensures the easy maintenance of security systems in an organization. This chapter will look at the role documentation has in security and the sectors that need to be documented. Documentation helps keep all the security processes in check and aids in evaluating the current security situation to determine whether updates are required.
The documentation aspects of security management encompass several issues. These issues, listed as follows, will also act the various subtopics for this chapter:
- Why information system documentation for security is important
- Understanding compliance with documentation
- Describing some examples of cybersecurity documents
- Tips for better security
