Policy Overview - The environment within which every company operates is a complex web of laws, regulations, requirements, competitors, and partners. In addition to these forces, senior management must consider those within the organization such as morale, labor relations, productivity, cost, cash flow, and many others. Within this environment, management must develop and publish the overall security statement and directives. From the security team perspective, proper implementation of a security program will address these directives through security policies and their supporting elements such as standards, procedures, baselines and guidelines.