Executive Guide to Information Security, The Threats, Challenges, and Solutions

Description
This book provides a pragmatic approach to evaluating security at a company and putting together an effective information security program.

Program

This book provides a pragmatic approach to evaluating security at a company and putting together an effective information security program.

The book focuses on three key themes; People, Processes, and Technology and is organized according to the steps executives would follow in order to develop an information security program for their company. Key elements of the program include staffing this function at a company, putting the necessary internal processes in place, and implementing the appropriate technology.

Business executives will find this book a good primer for understanding the key existing and future security issues, and for taking the necessary action to ensure the protection of their enterprise's information assets.

The objective of this book is to provide a "short cut" for executives to learn more about information security and how it will affect their business in the future. An overview of information security concepts is provided, so they can be better prepared to evaluate how their company is addressing information security.

The Executive Guide to Information Security offers realistic, step-by-step recommendations for evaluating and improving information security in any enterprise. From start to finish, the focus is on action: what works and how to get it done. Here are just a few of the things you will be learning:

• Understanding your security challenges and obligations.
• Trends in security attacks.
• Systematically identifying your risks and vulnerabilities.
• Implementing best-practice processes for access, acceptable use, training, strategy, and emergency response.
• Effective executive leadership, governance, and metrics.
• Staffing security-coping with a shortage of expertise.

Whether you're a CxO, a line-of-business executive, or an IT executive who needs to get colleagues up to speed, this is the non-technical, business-driven security briefing you've been searching for.



Authors: Mark Egan & Tim Mather
Publisher: Symantec Press
ISBN 10: 0321304519
ISBN 13: 9780321304513
Pages: 288
Format: Soft Cover
Published Date: 30/11/04
Availability: Print-on-Demand