Because from now on, the safegurading of confidential information passed on by customers and partners may provide a competitive advantage. Furthermore, protection of a company’s data ant IT network is crucial for its survival and competitiveness.

Thus, management has a duty to ensure that suitable protective measures are set in place and operational.

Among such measures are a numbre of siple technical masures, referred to as essential IT measures, being the translation into the digital world basic healthcare rules.

This document has been written for persons tasked with IT security, be they Information Systemes Security Managers (ISSM) or any other individuaks discharging this role, and sets out 40 essential measures – that could be referred as rules- for a healthy network.