Assignment: Examine Real-World Implementations of U.S. Compliance Laws
Purpose
Compliance is important because it is the act of following laws, rules, and regulations that apply to an organization. For an organization to be compliant it involves following laws and regulations by interpreting them so that policies and procedures can be defined. By you researching some of the various real world standards and laws you will not only recognize how they are there to protect individuals but also realize the impact that they have on an organization.
Task
Given the following list of international and domestic information security standards and compliance laws, choose one standard or law and describe its real-world implementations in both private and public sectors.
I. Information security standards:
i. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ii. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
iii. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
iv. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
v. International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Sector (ITU-T)
vi. Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
vii. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
viii. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
ix. Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standards (PCI DSS)
x. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
II. Compliance laws:
i. Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
ii. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
iii. Federal Information Systems Management Act (FISMA)
iv. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
v. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
vi. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.