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

How do you engage with your peers when they think you’re there to stop them working?

Corporate information security is often hindered by a lack of adequate communication between the security team and the rest of the organisation. Information security affects the whole company and is a responsibility shared by all staff, so failing to obtain wider acceptance can endanger the security of the entire organisation. Many consider information security a block, not a benefit, however, and view security professionals with suspicion if not outright hostility. As a security professional, how can you get broader buy-in from your colleagues?

Information Security: A Practical Guide addresses that issue by providing 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.

Product overview

Covering everything from your first day at work as an information security professional to developing and implementing enterprise-wide information security processes, Information Security: A Practical Guide explains the basics of information security, and how to explain them to management and others so that security risks can be appropriately addressed.

Topics covered include:

• How to understand the security culture of the organisation
• Getting to know the organisation and building relationships with key personnel
• How to identify gaps in the organisation’s security set-up
• The impact of compromise on the organisation
• Identifying, categorising and prioritising risks
• The five levels of risk appetite and how to apply risk treatments via security controls
• Understanding the threats facing your organisation and how to communicate them
• How to raise security awareness and engage with specific peer groups
• System mapping and documentation (including control boundaries and where risks exist)
• The importance of conducting regular penetration testing and what to do with the results
• Information security policies and processes
• A standards-based approach to information security

If you’re starting a new job as an information security professional, Information Security: A Practical Guide contains all you need to know. 

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Reviews

"One of the most impressive…..This book is well worth an hour of your time, whether as a refresher, or if you are finding yourself facing more work on the info-security side. Recommended."

- Mark Rowe - Editor at Professional Security Magazine