More Effective Policy Management

Part 3 - More Effective Policy Management

Historically, the administrative burden to deliver an effective policy management process has been prohibitive. Now, NETconsent automated policy management software offers an efficient and cost-effective compliance and policy management system able to systematically evidence compliance, instil best practice and improve and sustain business controls.

NETconsent Policy Management software helps to cut costs, reduce risk and improve performance by raising policy uptake over time.

Targeted Distribution

Ensure the right people get the right policies at the right time without incuring excessive administration costs.

People become aware of best practice policy.

Formal Acceptance

Guarantee employees electronically sign up to policies before accessing IT resources and desktop applications.

People formally agree to follow best practice policy.

Minimum Read Time

Monitor how long employees spend reading policies against average read times to pinpoint potential areas of risk.

People have to pay more than lip service to best practice policy.

Policy Uptake Graph

Testing

Test employees' knowledge of policies at scheduled intervals to ensure that policy information is retained.

Line managers know whether people understand best practice policy or not.

Good Line Management

Two way feedback about policies helps to reduce the gap between best practice policies and actual practice in the workplace.

People do what they are meant to do more often.

Training

Exception reporting enables line managers to quickly identify employees that seem not to fully understand policies and target training resources only where they are needed.

People who need training and pose most risk can take priority.

Policy Reviews

Regular review and update of policies to keep them up to date becomes feasible with automated policy management.

Workplace policies become live and effective documents.

Plain English Policies

Electronic distribution enables policies to be written in bite size chunks to communicate critical policies first and other policies over time.

Policies that instil best practice to a 21st Century workforce.