Article 4 Alignment with the Commission's information security policy

The Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security shall review the Commission's IT security policy and related standards and guidelines to ensure that they are in line with the Commission's general security policies, in particular Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/443^f1 and Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444.

Upon request by other Commission departments, the Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security may review their IT security policies or other IT security documentation to ensure their consistency with the Commission's information security policy. The head of the Commission department concerned shall ensure that any inconsistencies are addressed.

Under its responsibility for the security of information, the Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security shall cooperate with the Directorate-General for Informatics to ensure that the IT security processes take full account of the classification and principles of security laid down in Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/443, in particular Articles 3 and 9.