Resources for Businesses & Government

The purpose of the New Jersey Statewide Information Security Manual (SISM) is to assist organizations in applying a risk–based approach to information security while establishing the required behaviors and controls necessary to protect information technology resources, secure personal information, safeguard privacy and maintain the physical safety of individuals. This SISM includes a set of policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines that sets a clear direction for information security and its role in supporting organizations in their efforts to carry out their respective missions and to achieve their business goals and objectives, while effectively managing risk and ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their information and information systems.

Do you know the law in New Jersey when it comes to computer crime? Statutes include: computer criminal activity; wrongful access, disclosure of information; obtaining, copying, accessing program, software valued at $1,000 or less; forgery and related offenses; credit cards; scanning devices, reencoders; impersonation, theft of identity and more.