A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library)

A Practical Guide to Managing Information Security (Artech House Technology Management Library), 9781580537025 (1580537022), Artech House Publishers, 2004

This groundbreaking book helps you master the management of information security, concentrating on the proactive recognition and resolution of the practical issues of developing and implementing IT security for the enterprise. Drawing upon the authors' wealth of valuable experience in high-risk commercial environments, the work focuses on the need to align the information security process as a whole with the requirements of the modern enterprise, which involves empowering business managers to manage information security-related risk. Throughout, the book places emphasis on the use of simple, pragmatic risk management as a tool for decision-making. The first book to cover the strategic issues of IT security, it helps you to: understand the difference between more theoretical treatments of information security and operational reality; learn how information security risk can be measured and subsequently managed; define and execute an information security strategy design and implement a security architecture; and ensure that limited resources are used optimally.

Text helps professionals and students master the management of information security, concentrating on the proactive recognition and resolution of the practical issues of developing and implementing IT security for the enterprise. DLC: Computer security--Management

About the Author
Steve Purser is the manager of ICSD Security Support & Administration for Clearstream Services, where he is responsible for all aspects of IT security. Formerly, he was head of IT security for Banque Generale du Luxembourg and an expert consultant in the areas of IT and Networking to the European Commission. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of East Anglia.

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