Guidance on creating, implementing, and enforcing acceptable use policies that govern how employees and users interact with organizational technology resources. Covers policy templates, key provisions, enforcement strategies, and how AUPs reduce security risk.
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The Policy Nobody Reads Until It's Too Late In 2023, a single employee at MGM Resorts called the help desk, and a threat actor used social engineering to gain access that led to a $100 million hit on operations. One phone call. No malware exploit. No zero-day vulnerability.
The Policy Gathering Dust in Your Shared Drive In 2023, the city of Dallas was hit by a Royal ransomware attack that crippled municipal services for weeks. Investigators traced the initial access back to a service account and poor access controls — exactly the kind of risk a well-enforced acceptable use
