Network Security Policies and Procedures [electronic resource] /
Frye, Douglas W.author.
Company network administrators are compelled today to aggressively pursue a robust network security regime. Network Security Policies and Procedures aims to give the reader a strong, multi-disciplinary understanding of how to pursue this goal. This professional volume introduces the technical issues surrounding security, as well as how security policies are formulated at the executive level and communicated throughout the organization. Network Security Policies and Procedures offers an unique mix of technical information and organizational communication concepts. Each chapter includes objectives, introduction, summary and review questions. Readers will gain a better understanding of how their colleagues on the other side of the fence view the company's security, and will thus be better equipped to act in a way that forwards an organization's goals. Network Security Policies and Procedures is designed for practitioners and researchers in industry. This book is also suitable for upper under graduate and graduate-level students in computer science. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-235) and index.
Information Technology and Its Role in the Modern Organization -- The Extent of an Organization's Connectivity -- Network Physical Components -- Legitimate Network Access -- Illegitimate Network Access -- Encryption -- Balanced Scorecard -- Sarbanes-Oxley -- Physical Security -- Disaster Recovery -- Initial Employee Communication -- The Human Element -- Email, Instant Messaging and Phishing -- Network Administration -- Network Monitoring -- Executive Communication -- Information Security Awareness -- Synthesis and Conclusion -- Draft Policies.
Company network administrators are compelled today to aggressively pursue a robust network security regime. Network Security Policies and Procedures aims to give the reader a strong, multi-disciplinary understanding of how to pursue this goal. This professional volume introduces the technical issues surrounding security, as well as how security policies are formulated at the executive level and communicated throughout the organization. Network Security Policies and Procedures offers an unique mix of technical information and organizational communication concepts. Each chapter includes objectives, introduction, summary and review questions. Readers will gain a better understanding of how their colleagues on the other side of the fence view the company's security, and will thus be better equipped to act in a way that forwards an organization's goals. Network Security Policies and Procedures is designed for practitioners and researchers in industry. This book is also suitable for upper under graduate and graduate-level students in computer science. .
Computer security.
Computer communication systems.
Data encryption (Computer science).
Data structures (Computer science).
Computer organization.
Multimedia information systems.
Systems and Data Security.
Computer Communication Networks.
Cryptology.
Data Structures and Information Theory.
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.
Multimedia Information Systems.
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