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Security Governance Memo (FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.)

Use this to define or clarify security governance: roles, committees, escalation paths, and accountability; ensures “who decides what” is clear.


Purpose

This memo clarifies governance roles, escalation triggers, and reporting responsibilities needed to manage risks surfaced by FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp.. It ensures that leadership, legal, and security functions operate under a common accountability model.

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Scenario: In an illustrative period following the Third Circuit Wyndham decision and the stipulated injunction (time), the Chief Information Security Officer (role) prepares a security governance memo (type) for Executive Leadership, Security Leadership, Audit and Compliance (audience).

SECURITY GOVERNANCE MEMO

To: Executive Leadership, Security Leadership, Audit and Compliance
From: Chief Information Security Officer
Date: March 19, 2016
Subject: Security Governance — Franchise Connectivity Oversight and Order Compliance

Purpose: This memo sets the governance model for security oversight and escalation under the stipulated injunction following FTC v. Wyndham. It ensures clear decision rights for franchise connectivity risk, assessment remediation, and policy exception handling.

Governance Model: Board and executive governance forums receive periodic updates on franchise conformance, assessment findings, and connectivity exceptions. Reporting cadence, committee responsibilities, and escalation thresholds are documented for internal and external review.

Roles and Escalation: The CISO is accountable for policy, standards, and escalation governance. Franchise technology leaders implement controls and report exceptions. Material risk acceptances and prolonged exceptions escalate to executive governance with documented mitigation plans and review dates.

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