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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

What is important to your organization and who wants it?


It is important to understand what is important to your organization in order to properly protect the organization from potential threats. The information security professional must look beyond just information technology and take a look at the organization they work for and understand its concerns.

The information security professional must understand documents such as the corporate mission and vision statements. These documents answer questions such as:

  • What does the organization do?
    • Do you make car tires, or do you provide services to the elderly?
  • Who are the organization's customers?
    • Who receives your services?
  • Who is the organization?
    • What is the organizational culture? How does the organization want to be viewed?
    • Who are your third-party partners within your business structure?
      • Use Target, Home Depot, and now Equifax as examples, where access to the organizations' information systems was achieved through third-party vendors

Answers...