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Information Security Handbook

By : Darren Death
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Information Security Handbook

By: Darren Death

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
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

Where is your valuable data?


Understanding your organization's valuable data is a key component of a successful information security program. Without an adequate understanding of your organization's critical business information you, as the information security professional, will be unable to adequately ensure that your organization's interests are adequately protected.

The information security program must align with key business stakeholders to help understand what the most valuable pieces of information are in the organization so that you can work with the business and IT teams to secure the data.

What does my organization have that is worth protecting?

Information security is not about implementing new information security tools. It is about protecting your organization's sensitive information assets. As an information security professional, you must determine what is important to your organization so that you can prioritize your security activities.

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