Understanding Security Issues

Scott E. Donaldson, Johns Hopkins University, USA; Chris K. Williams, Leidos, USA; Stanley Siegel, Johns Hopkins University, USA

FOREWORD – 1 page

ABOUT THE AUTHORS – 1 page

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS – 1 page

INTRODUCTION – 2 pages






What is this book about?





Who should read this book?





Why did the authors write this book?





Organization of the book






　

CHAPTERS






Chapter 1—Security Awareness (~15 pages)




This chapter presents why security awareness is essential for everyone. This chapter presents some fundamental concepts and terms used throughout the book.






Chapter 2—Security Process (~15 pages)




This chapter presents the security mind set of identifying assets, threats to those assets, asset vulnerabilities, protections, and risks resulting from protections.






Chapter 3—Security in Your Life (~15 pages)




This chapter presents how you apply the security process to common life scenarios , at work, while traveling, and at home.






Chapter 4—Security Scenarios (~40 pages)




This chapter presents how the Chapter 2 security process is applied to each scenario. Each scenario will walk through a number of common assets, and apply the security process to identify protections that should be applied.








Yourself at Work





Your Company or Organization





Yourself on Travel





Yourself Abroad





Yourself at Home











Chapter 5—Looking to the Future (~15 pages)




This chapter presents some of the evolving security threats, trends, and how you can continue to be security aware.

APPENDIX – Thinking Like a Security Officer (~15 pages)

This appendix presents how security people think about common protections in our work, and as a consequence, home life (e.g., locks, gates, passwords, and firewalls) and how they have to balance tradeoffs between protection and usability.

GLOSSARY – 3 pages

BIBLIOGRAPHY – 3 pages

INDEX – 4 pages