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Some of the measures adopted by the National Police with regard to cyberspa ce
are set out below.
1.
Development of the information security policy
The information security policy establishes standards and guidelines to ensure
appropriate use of technological tools designed to protect the information technology
and physical resources of the police, as a key input for the fulfilment of its
constitutional mission, and to guarantee continuous improvement, managing and
protecting the mission through the effective application of best practices and controls
and guaranteeing the confidentiality, availability and integrity of information in
general.
2.
Training sessions
The National Police of Honduras, through the Police Telematics Directorate,
holds cyberspace awareness sessions for operational and administrative personnel on
an ongoing basis. It also participates in special activities, providing training on issues
such as cyberbullying, social engineering, fake news, cybercrime and cybersecurity.
3.
Implementation of a local network
Our intranet page, “Poliweb”, is used to keep our staff informed about the latest
trends in cybercrime, publish important newsletters on cybersecurity developments
in our environment and disseminate policies derived from the information security
manual for the preservation of computer security.
This internal connectivity allows all internal operations of the National Police
to be carried out through our local network or intranet, thus minimizing the risk of
our users accessing unknown sites and saving Internet resources and bandwidth.
4.
Incident management and investigation
The information security team carries out continuous monitoring of the
institutional data network, identifying vulnerabilities in and threats to equipment that
may be caused by our users, either through inappropriate Internet surfing or through
attempts to circumvent our restrictions. At the same time, steps are being taken to
investigate and manage computer incidents in the institutional network. The
Information Administration Section and the Incident Management Section of th e
Information Security Department analyse known vulnerabilities that could put
institutional systems and information at risk. These vulnerabilities are appropriately
managed and remedied through the following formal procedure:
• Addition to information asset inventories of data relating to the software
provider, version, current deployment status and the officer responsible for the
software.
• Biannual conduct of vulnerability analysis.
• Maintenance of up-to-date information on new vulnerabilities.
• Establishment of a timeline for applying fixes and remedies for known
vulnerabilities.
• Testing of fixes or patches for vulnerability remediation before deployment in
production environments.
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