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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

Security operations center roles


To have an effective security operation center, it is critical that you implement the necessary personnel roles to properly operate and maintain the environment. In the following list, you will find the personnel roles needed to fully implement a security operations center. Do not get hung up on the names of the roles if they do not match those in your organization. Each organization will have its own naming convention derived from the organization's culture:

  • Security operations center analysts:
    • Tier one: More junior information security analyst with a couple of years' experience in the information security field. Possesses a basic knowledge of networking, systems, and applications:
      1. Conducts information security tool monitoring
      2. Conducts basic investigations and mitigations
      3. Opens tickets
    • Tier two: Poses a stronger knowledge of the information security tools used by the SOC as well as a deeper understanding of networking, systems, and applications:
      1. Deeper investigative...