Wireless Communication Policy

1. Overview

With the mass explosion of Smart Phones and Tablets, pervasive wireless connectivity is almost a given at any organization. Insecure wireless configuration can provide an easy open door for malicious threat actors.

2. Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to secure and protect the information assets owned by SQETCH Studio. SQETCH Studio provides computer devices, networks, and other electronic information systems to meet missions, goals, and initiatives. SQETCH Studio grants access to these resources as a privilege and must manage them responsibly to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all information assets.

This policy specifies the conditions that wireless infrastructure devices must satisfy to connect to SQETCH Studio network. Only those wireless infrastructure devices that meet the standards specified in this policy or are granted an exception by the Information Security Department are approved for connectivity to a SQETCH Studio network.

3. Scope

All employees, contractors, consultants, temporary and other workers at SQETCH Studio, including all personnel affiliated with third parties that maintain a wireless infrastructure device on behalf of SQETCH Studio must adhere to this policy. This policy applies to all wireless infrastructure devices that connect to a SQETCH Studio network or reside on SQETCH Studio site that provide wireless connectivity to endpoint devices including, but not limited to, laptops, desktops, cellular phones, and tablets. This includes any form of wireless communication device capable of transmitting packet data.

4. Policy

4.1 General Requirements

All wireless infrastructure devices that reside at a SQETCH Studio site and connect to a SQETCH Studio network, or provide access to information classified as SQETCH Studio Confidential, or above must:

Abide by the standards specified in the Wireless Communication Standard.
Be installed, supported, and maintained by an approved support team.
Use SQETCH Studio approved authentication protocols and infrastructure.
Use SQETCH Studio approved encryption protocols.
Maintain a hardware address (MAC address) that can be registered and tracked. And provided through the Asset Management List.
Not interfere with wireless access deployments maintained by other support organizations.

4.2 Lab and Isolated Wireless Device Requirements

All lab wireless infrastructure devices that provide access to SQETCH Studio Confidential or above, must adhere to section 4.1 above. Lab and isolated wireless devices that do not provide general network connectivity to the SQETCH Studio network must:

Be isolated from the corporate network (that is it must not provide any corporate connectivity) and comply with the Lab Security Policy.
Not interfere with wireless access deployments maintained by other support organizations.

4.3 Home Wireless Device Requirements

4.3.1 Wireless infrastructure devices that provide direct access to the SQETCH Studio corporate network, must conform to the Home Wireless Device Requirements as detailed in the Wireless Communication Standard.

4.3.2 Wireless infrastructure devices that fail to conform to the Home Wireless Device Requirements must be installed in a manner that prohibits direct access to the SQETCH Studio corporate network. Access to the SQETCH Studio corporate network through this device must use standard remote access authentication.

5. Policy Compliance

5.1 Compliance Measurement

The Infosec team will verify compliance to this policy through various methods, including but not limited to, periodic walk-throughs, video monitoring, business tool reports, internal and external audits, and feedback to the policy owner.

5.2 Exceptions

Any exception to the policy must be approved by the Infosec team in advance.

5.3 Non-Compliance

An employee found to have violated this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Last Update: January 2022

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