Information Security A Practical Guide : Bridging the gap between IT and management.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Day One as a Security Professional; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Your First Day; Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA); Getting to Know the Business; Key IT Personnel; What is the Security Culture?; Identifying the Gaps in Security; Chapter 2: Business Impact of Breaches; Chapter Overview; Objectives; How to Assess the Impact; Data Types; Impacts; Reputational Damage; Personal Impact; Contractual Impact; Financial Impact; Legal Impacts; Chapter 3: Business Risk Appetite; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Risk Appetite; Risk Treatments.

Chapter 4: ThreatsChapter Overview; Objectives; Types of Threats; Hackers; Malware Writers; Script Kiddies; Journalists; Criminals; Physical Intruder; Researchers; Hacktivists; Disgruntled Employees; Chapter 5: Quick and Dirty Risk Assessment; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Identifying Risks; Defining the Risk Level; Risk Table; Realigning the Risk Level; Chapter 6: Getting Buy-in From Your Peers; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Points of Contact with your Peers; How to Engage with your Peers; Chapter 7: Documenting the System For Everyone; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Setting the Scene.

EntitiesService Overview; Adding Boundaries; Showing Information Flow; Adding the Threats; Chapter 8: Mapping Data in the System; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Mapping Data; Chapter 9: Penetration Testing; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Types of Penetration Test; Scoping the test; Trusting the Testers; Implementing Fixes; Chapter 10: Information Security Policy; Chapter Overview; Objectives; The Advantages of Security Policies; Giving Your Policies Teeth; Key Security Policies; Ways of Ensuring Your Policy is Read; ITG Resources.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Day One as a Security Professional; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Your First Day; Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA); Getting to Know the Business; Key IT Personnel; What is the Security Culture?; Identifying the Gaps in Security; Chapter 2: Business Impact of Breaches; Chapter Overview; Objectives; How to Assess the Impact; Data Types; Impacts; Reputational Damage; Personal Impact; Contractual Impact; Financial Impact; Legal Impacts; Chapter 3: Business Risk Appetite; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Risk Appetite; Risk TreatmentsChapter 4: ThreatsChapter Overview; Objectives; Types of Threats; Hackers; Malware Writers; Script Kiddies; Journalists; Criminals; Physical Intruder; Researchers; Hacktivists; Disgruntled Employees; Chapter 5: Quick and Dirty Risk Assessment; Chapter Overview; Objectives; Identifying Risks; Defining the Risk Level; Risk Table; Realigning the Risk Level; Chapter 6: Getting Buy-in From Your Peers; Chapt ...

Provides an overview of basic information security practices that will enable your security team to better engage with their peers to address the threats facing the organisation as a whole.