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Network World has a guide to The 7 best practices for network security in 2007. It should be very handy and a good starting point for organizations who still don’t have a security policy.

it seems more appropriate to focus on the seven best practices instead of the seven best security tools you might consider deploying. For example, I consider encryption a best practice and not a product or tool. I’m sure you’ll find many commercial and freely available tools out there. You can always evaluate those tools which you find most suited for your own best-practice model.

Here’s the list:

1) Roll out corporate security policies
2) Deliver corporate security awareness and training
3) Run frequent information security self-assessments
4) Perform regulatory compliance self-assessments
5) Deploy corporate-wide encryption
6) Value, protect, track and manage all corporate assets
7) Test business continuity and disaster recovery planning