Some 62% of public sector organisations are unaware of mandatory IT logon requirements for all government departments, a survey reveals. The requirements are GPG13 protective monitoring mandate set by CESG, the UK relevant security events provide national technical authority for information assurance, an audit trail detailed. 80% Of the mandate your boards who were aware of the mandate, said badly perceived was according to a survey of 130 organizations of the public sector of log management firm LogLogic.
The good practice guide 13 (GPG13) framework is designed to help public sector organisations to know exactly what is happening within your ICT infrastructure in a controlled and efficient manner, said Bill Roth, executive Vice President at LogLogic. "It is a binding agreement for all Central and local government, fire, police, health and education authorities. given of the results of the survey, it seems, there a lot of work needed organizations with requirements - not least raising awareness of the actual mandate itself, to bring it" he said.
About 28% of those who's mandate aware were respected, it said was purely as a costly tick in the box exercise with no said obvious advantages, 26% it was as a necessary evil, and 26% said your Board was unaware of the mandate. Only 20% said that mandate was seen as a positive initiative. Despite poor recognized at Board level, the research found that 68% of respondents who were IT and Security Manager, felt that the mandate would actually improve accountability of user activity. But only 10% said you had granted the necessary processes in place, and 44%, you looked at it yet. About a third of respondents, the biggest challenge for implementing GPG13 has ensured that staff had the skills and training necessary to the environment properly felt.
