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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

Conducting an initial information security analysis


To properly inform your decision making, as an information security architect in support of a technology project, you must be able to determine what the business and technology-related goals are for the information system being designed.

Establishing a process such as an initial information security analysis at project initiation will allow you, as the information security architect, to gather the necessary information to properly support your project and provide the most relevant guidance possible.

As part of an initial information security analysis, you will want to gather the following information:

  • Purpose and description of the information system
  • Compliance requirements
  • Key information system and project roles
  • Expected user types
  • Interface requirements
  • External information systems access
  • Business impact assessment
  • Information categorization

Note

An important note regarding this process is to recognize that it is referred to as an initial information...