The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments

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The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments provides detailed insight into precisely how to conduct an information security risk assessment.

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The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments provides detailed insight into precisely how to conduct an information security risk assessment.

Designed for security professionals and their customers who want a more in-depth understanding of the risk assessment process, this volume contains real-world advice that promotes professional development. It also enables security consumers to better negotiate the scope and rigor of a security assessment, effectively interface with a security assessment team, deliver insightful comments on a draft report, and have a greater understanding of final report recommendations.

This book can save time and money by eliminating guesswork as to what assessment steps to perform, and how to perform them. In addition, the book offers charts, checklists, examples, and templates that speed up data gathering, analysis, and document development. By improving the efficiency of the assessment process, security consultants can deliver a higher-quality service with a larger profit margin.

The text allows consumers to intelligently solicit and review proposals, positioning them to request affordable security risk assessments from quality vendors that meet the needs of their organizations.


Overview of the book:

• Provides detailed insight into precisely how to conduct an information security risk assessment from a practical point of view
• Contains real examples, step-by-step descriptions, checklists, decision techniques and other tricks of the trade
• Explores administrative, technical, and physical data gathering, including the RIIOT Method
• Covers security risk analysis and mitigation, as well as security risk assessment reporting
• Describes the steps of assessment project management, including planning, tracking, correcting, reporting, and wrap-up
• Examines various risk assessment tools and methods, and compares quantitative vs. qualitative analysis.

Author: Douglas J. Landoll
Publisher: Auerbach Publications
ISBN 10: 0849329981
ISBN 13: 9780849329982
Pages: 504
Format: Hard Cover
Published Date: 12/12/2005
Availability: Ex Stock