In this chapter, we discussed a selection of best practices to help ensure the overall IT hygiene of your organization's information systems. We discussed concepts such as user account security, least functionality, updates and patching, secure configurations, application security, and network security.
Information Security Handbook
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Information Security Handbook
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Overview of this book
Having an information security mechanism is one of the most crucial factors for any organization. Important assets of organization demand a proper risk management and threat model for security, and so information security concepts are gaining a lot of traction. This book starts with the concept of information security and shows you why it’s important.
It then moves on to modules such as threat modeling, risk management, and mitigation. It also covers the concepts of incident response systems, information rights management, and more. Moving on, it guides you to build your own information security framework as the best fit for your organization. Toward the end, you’ll discover some best practices that can be implemented to make your security framework strong.
By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with all the factors involved in information security, which will help you build a security framework that is a perfect fit your organization’s requirements.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
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Preface
Free Chapter
Information and Data Security Fundamentals
Defining the Threat Landscape
Preparing for Information and Data Security
Information Security Risk Management
Developing Your Information and Data Security Plan
Continuous Testing and Monitoring
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning
Incident Response Planning
Developing a Security Operations Center
Developing an Information Security Architecture Program
Cloud Security Consideration
Information and Data Security Best Practices
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