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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

Summary


In this chapter, we learned that the security operations center (SOC) serves as your centralized view into your overall enterprise organizational infrastructure.

In this chapter, we discussed:

  • What the responsibilities of the security operations center include
  • Management of security operations center tools
  • Design considerations for security operations center tools
  • Personnel roles in the security operations center
  • Processes and procedures required to run a security operations center
  • Internal versus outsourced security operations center

In the next chapter, we will discuss information security architecture concepts and implementation steps towards implementing an effective, well-integrated information security architecture program.