A multinational corporation is drafting its information security policy to ensure compliance across its operational regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia. Which of the following is the MOST effective approach for structuring the policy?
Use the security policy from the nation where the corporate headquarters is located and apply it worldwide.
Adopt the policy of the country with the strictest regulations and apply it universally.
Create a completely separate and independent security policy for each country of operation.
Develop a global baseline policy with addendums for specific national and regional legal requirements.
The most effective and common practice is to create a global baseline policy that establishes core security principles and standards for the entire organization. This is supplemented by specific addendums or variations for different countries or regions to address unique legal, regulatory, and cultural requirements, such as the GDPR in Europe. This approach ensures overall consistency while allowing for the necessary flexibility to achieve compliance everywhere. Applying the strictest policy everywhere can be overly restrictive and may still miss specific local nuances. Creating entirely separate policies is inefficient and can lead to a fragmented security posture. Simply using the headquarters' policy would lead to non-compliance in other jurisdictions.
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