The Security Risk Assessment Handbook
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4398-2148-0 (ISBN)
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Conducted properly, information security risk assessments provide managers with the feedback needed to understand threats to corporate assets, determine vulnerabilities of current controls, and select appropriate safeguards. Performed incorrectly, they can provide the false sense of security that allows potential threats to develop into disastrous losses of proprietary information, capital, and corporate value.
Picking up where its bestselling predecessor left off, The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments, Second Edition gives you detailed instruction on how to conduct a risk assessment effectively and efficiently. Supplying wide-ranging coverage that includes security risk analysis, mitigation, and risk assessment reporting, this updated edition provides the tools needed to solicit and review the scope and rigor of risk assessment proposals with competence and confidence.
Trusted to assess security for leading organizations and government agencies, including the CIA, NSA, and NATO, Douglas Landoll unveils the little-known tips, tricks, and techniques used by savvy security professionals in the field. He details time-tested methods to help you:
Better negotiate the scope and rigor of security assessments
Effectively interface with security assessment teams
Gain an improved understanding of final report recommendations
Deliver insightful comments on draft reports
The book includes charts, checklists, and sample reports to help you speed up the data gathering, analysis, and document development process. Walking you through the process of conducting an effective security assessment, it provides the tools and up-to-date understanding you need to select the security measures best suited to your organization.
Douglas Landoll has nearly two decades of information security experience. He has led security risk assessments and established security programs for top corporations and government agencies. He is an expert in security risk assessment, security risk management, security criteria, and building corporate security programs. His background includes evaluating security at the National Security Agency (NSA), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and other government agencies; co-founding the Arca Common Criteria Testing Laboratory, co-authoring the systems security engineering capability maturity model (SSE-CMM); teaching at NSA’s National Cryptologic School; and running the southwest security services division for Exodus Communications. Mr. Landoll is currently the president of Veridyn, a provider of network security solutions. He is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP) and certified information systems auditor (CISA). He holds a BS degree from James Madison University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He has published numerous information security articles, speaks regularly at conferences, and serves as an advisor for several high-tech companies.
Introduction. Information Security Risk Assessment Basics. Project Definition. Security Risk Assessment Preparation. Data Gathering. Administrative Data Gathering. Technical Data Gathering. Physical Data Gathering. Security Risk Analysis. Security Risk Mitigation. Security Risk Assessment Reporting. Security Risk Assessment Project Management. Security Risk Assessment Approaches. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.5.2011 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 95 Tables, black and white; 33 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Bosa Roca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 816 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Netzwerke ► Sicherheit / Firewall |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4398-2148-8 / 1439821488 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4398-2148-0 / 9781439821480 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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