Information Security Policy

Practical security rules for a small or medium organisation – accounts, devices, email, cloud, backups, suppliers and incidents.

Editable Word document
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10pages
Guidance notes included
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Data protection & GDPR

Information Security Policy

About this document

What it’s for

A plain-English information security policy that sets the technical and organisational measures Article 32 UK GDPR expects: classification, access control and multi-factor authentication, devices and updates, email and phishing, remote and mobile working, cloud services, backups, suppliers, AI tools, starters and leavers, and incident reporting. It includes a staff acknowledgement, an information asset register and an access review record.

When to use it

  • As your core security policy, given to every member of staff
  • When preparing for Cyber Essentials, a client’s supplier questionnaire or an insurance proposal
  • After a security incident, as the benchmark for your review

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Purpose
  2. Scope
  3. Principles and responsibilities
  4. Information classification
  5. Acceptable use
  6. Accounts, passwords and multi-factor authentication
  7. Devices and software
  8. Email, phishing and payments
  9. Remote and mobile working
  10. Networks and cloud services
  11. Artificial intelligence tools
  12. Backups and business continuity
  13. Suppliers and processors
  14. Physical security
  15. Starters, movers and leavers
  16. Reporting security incidents
  17. Training, certification and review
  18. Purpose
  19. Scope
  20. Principles and responsibilities
  21. Information classification
  22. Acceptable use
  23. Accounts, passwords and multi-factor authentication
  24. Devices and software
  25. Email, phishing and payments
  26. Remote and mobile working
  27. Networks and cloud services
  28. Artificial intelligence tools
  29. Backups and business continuity
  30. Suppliers and processors
  31. Physical security
  32. Starters, movers and leavers
  33. Reporting security incidents
  34. Training, certification and review

Also included

  • Related documents
  • Appendix C – Access review record

How to complete it

  • Work through each section with your IT provider and delete anything that does not fit how you work
  • Fill in the information asset register in Appendix B
  • Have every member of staff sign the acknowledgement in Appendix A

Key points to check

  • Check the current Cyber Essentials requirements on the NCSC website if you are certified

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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