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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

Preparing the incident response plan


This includes not only the requirements needed to establish an enterprise incident response capability but also the necessary IT/cyber hygiene to ensure that enterprise and business unit information systems are properly defended.

The incident response program should not be siloed off from the rest of IT and information security planning. Considering this as the information responses capability is being planned any necessary technical updates that are discovered and are required to ensure that an information system is defensible should be captured and appropriately mitigated as part of the organization's risk management program.

Understanding what is important

As part of your preparation activities to conduct a successful incident response, you need to have a thorough understanding of what is important to your business/mission organization. If you have been following the guidance in this book to establish a successful information security program, then you...