Information security for non-technical managers
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740304886
Table of contents: title: Content; title: About the author; title: Introduction; title: 1. Information security in context; title: 1.1. A short history of information technologies and their side effects; title: 1.2. Why information security is increasingly important; title: 1.3. Ubiquity and irreversible dependencies; title: 2. Lessons identified in the last ten years; title: 2.1. The semantics of information security; title: 2.2. The major target areas in information insecurity; title: 2.3. What needs to be done to strengthen security is well known but not done well enough; title: 2.4. Certifications; title: 2.5. Asymmetries and consequences; title: 2.6. Maintaining security is everybody’s job; title: 3. Defining information security; title: 3.1. What is meant by “Information Security”; title: 3.2. Differences between Enterprise security, Information security and Information Technology security; title: 4. Managing information security in the enterprise; title: 4.1. Information Security Governance; title: 4.2. The components of information security governance; title: 4.3. Managing for security; title: 4.4. What makes a good Chief Information Security Officer (CISO); title: 4.5. Your role as a manager; title: 5. The four domains of vulnerabilities; title: 5.1. Governance vulnerabilities; title: 5.2. People vulnerabilities; title: 5.3. Process vulnerabilities; title: 5.4. Technology vulnerabilities; title: 6. Other drivers of information insecurity; title: 6.1. Causes for concern; title: 6.2. External factors: the constantly changing landscape; title: 6.3. Information security should not inhibit innovative thinking; title: 7. Measuring security; title: 7.1. Measuring Information Security; title: 7.2. Reporting information security metrics; title: 8. Other information security topics; title: 8.1. Business Impact Analysis (BIA); title: 8.2. Information Risk Management; title: 8.3. Planning for survival; title: 8.4. The legislative landscape; title: 9. Conclusions; title: 10. References; title: 10.1. Downloadable free of charge:; title: 10.2. Material requiring purchase; title: 10.3. Topics not covered in this book; title: 11. Appendix: Acknowledgements; title: 12. Endnotes