A Practical Guide to Security Assessments

Description
A Practical Guide to Security Assessments is a process-focused approach that presents a structured methodology for conducting information security assessments.

Program

The modern dependence upon information technology and the corresponding information security regulations and requirements force companies to evaluate the security of their core business processes, mission critical data, and supporting IT environment. Combine this with a slowdown in IT spending resulting in justifications of every purchase, and security professionals are forced to scramble to find comprehensive and effective ways to assess their environment in order to discover and prioritize vulnerabilities, and to develop cost-effective solutions that show benefit to the business.


A Practical Guide to Security Assessments is a process-focused approach that presents a structured methodology for conducting security assessments. The key element of the methodology is an understanding of business goals and processes, and how security measures are aligned with business risks.

The guide also emphasizes that resulting security recommendations should be cost-effective and commensurate with the security risk. The methodology described serves as a foundation for building and maintaining an information security program ( Here are the contents of this book ).


In addition to the methodology, the book includes an Appendix that contains questionnaires that can be modified and used to conduct security assessments.

This guide is for security professionals who can immediately apply the methodology on the job, and also benefits management who can use the methodology to better understand information security and identify areas for improvement.

Overview of the Book

• Provides a detailed step-by-step methodology for performing an information security assessment.
• Details the history of information security and its evolution as a discipline.
• Covers ISO 17799, COBIT, and other standards.
• Includes a HIPAA questionnaire containing questions that map to all HIPAA security requirements.
• Contains questionnaires that cover common areas of information security.
• All questionnaires contain guidance to provide the user with a detailed explanation of why a question is relevant and what some of the potential related risks are.
• Offers more than 200 questions to ask during assessments.

Author: Sudhanshu Kairab
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
Format: Hard Cover
ISBN 10: 0849317061
ISBN 13: 9780849317064
Pages: 520
Published Date: 29/09/2004
Availability: Ex Stock

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