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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

Scope of BCDR plan


BCDR is the combination of two interrelated business concepts. In this section, we will explore the concepts of business continuity and disaster recovery.

Business continuity planning

A business continuity plan looks at the risks and threats that face an organization and establishes a mechanism to ensure that business functions can continue to operate in the event of a disaster.

The key input for the information security professional when it comes to business continuity planning is from business or mission stakeholders. The key term in business continuity planning is business. The focus should not initially be on technology as technology serves to enable the business to do its work. Rather, the focus should be on the business functions that technology is supporting.

Key questions that you should be answering as you are developing your business continuity plan include:

  • What are your organizational risks: As part of your information security program, you should be well versed...