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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

Monitoring information system security controls


Now that we have a production information system that has been fully authorized to operate by an executive leader with the appropriate authority to accept risk on the behalf of the organization, we now need to begin the process of operations and maintenance.

The operations and management phase for an information system is referred to as continuous monitoring. The purpose behind continuous monitoring is to ensure that the security controls that where designed and tested as part of the information system's development continue to be effective over the life of the system.

In the past, an information security professional would ensure that an information system was adequately protected as it was going into production. After that, the system was treated as secure until the authorizing official or compliance requirements dictated it was time to review the security documentation again. The reality is that an information system does not stay secure for...