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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

Requirements and context gathering – business impact assessment


The business impact assessment (BIA) is a key component of the overall business continuity process. With the business impact assessment, you are seeking to gather all the necessary information to allow the business to make the appropriate resource decisions that will allow for the effective creation of appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

Inputs to the BIA

The inputs to the BIA are coming from your business and mission team members. These inputs are used to inform the business continuity and disaster recovery process:

  • Business process supported: You must clearly identify the business process that is supported when developing your BIA. This information will be looked at when developing the rationale behind why your organization should expend resources to operate this system during a disaster.
  • Information and services criticality: This is where you define the specific data and information systems that support...