ICTWG-ECPRD SEMINAR 2006 INFORMATION SECURITY ISSUES AT THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Carlo Simonelli Head of Unit – ICT Systems and User Support ICT Department – Chamber of Deputies Vilnius, 6th October

OVERVIEW  Information System Security  “Documento programmatico sulla sicurezza dei dati” (Programmatic Data Security Document)  Risk analysis carried out for the Programmatic Data Security Document  Other contents of the Document  Internet redundant links  Projects for improving information system security 2

INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY  Information System Security at the Chamber of Deputies during the past years  Security procedures difficult to be implemented 3

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION CODE  Internet, Electronic mail and always- on era required more effort in information security  Implementing “Personal Data Protection Code” (Decreto Legislativo n. 196, 2003) 4

PROGRAMMATIC DATA SECURITY DOCUMENT  First edition of “Documento programmatico sulla sicurezza dati” (Programmatic Data Security Document)  The “Register of IT systems” is a prerequisite  The two parts of the Document 1.Analytic review of all data treatments 2.Rules for managing personal and sensitive data and general instruction to protect the information systems 5

RISK ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT  ISO/IEC (now ISO/IEC 27799:2005) and other information security standards  Risk exposure level established for 51 data bases with sensitive data and for 77 data bases with personal data  Activities this year on sensible data 6

BENEFITS OF THE DOCUMENT  Joint activities improving information security  Important managing procedures ­Procedures for managers and employees ­Duration of data stored online and offline ­Who is in charge of deleting data ­Managing backups and logs ­Data ciphering ­Password characteristics and expiration ­Training of managers and employees 7

IMPROVING INTERNET LINK SPEED AND AVAILABILITY 8

IMPROVING INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY  PKI system for digital signatures  Smart cards for strong authentication of employees  New projects ­MPs VPN SSL authentication and profiling; use of tokens ­Protocol 802.1x for administrative user workstation connection 9