Assessing Information Security: Strategies, Tactics, Logic and Framework - Softcover

Vladimirov, Andrew; Gavrilenko, Konstantin; Michajlowski, Andriej

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849280355 ISBN 13: 9781849280358

Publisher: IT Governance Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Fighting cybercrime is about more than bureaucracy and compliance. A key objective of any information security assessment is to ensure that the relevant policies are not just treated by the staff as a formality. Your company's approach to information security has to be integrated with your overall business goals. To protect your sensitive information and systems, you must avoid a fortress mentality and be capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment. This means you need to plan an effective strategy for deterring the cybercriminal. Assessing Information Security deals with the philosophy, strategy and tactics of soliciting, managing and conducting information security audits of all flavours. It will give you the founding principles around information security assessments and why they are important. The book provides a fluid framework for developing an astute 'information security mind' capable of rapid adaptation to evolving technologies, markets, regulations, laws, and so on. The authors, Dr Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin Gavrilenko and Andriej Michajlowski, are information security experts. They are the joint founders of Arhont Ltd, a consultancy which offers a range of information security services, including auditing, monitoring and investigation. Arhont provides advice on information security to major companies and multinational corporations.

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Product Description

Assessing Information Security Cybercrime is on the move. Cybercrime and related forms of malicious activity will seek out your weak points in order to exploit them for their own advantage. This book is about the philosophy, strategy and tactics of soliciting, managing and conducting information security audits of all flavours.

From the Back Cover

Cybercrime is on the move. It is in a state of constant evolution, capable of adapting both to developments in technology and to whatever security measures its targets have already put in place. Cybercrime and related forms of malicious activity will seek out your weak points in order to exploit them for their own advantage.

Because the activity of the cybercriminals is both deliberate and hostile, they can be compared to military adversaries. So, if you want to defend yourself effectively from such attacks, you can learn from military strategy.

Fighting cybercrime is about more than bureaucracy and compliance. A key objective of any information security assessment is to ensure that the relevant policies are not just treated by the staff as a formality. Your company’s approach to information security has to be integrated with your overall business goals. To protect your sensitive information and systems, you must avoid a fortress mentality and be capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment. This means you need to plan an effective strategy for deterring the cybercriminal.

Assessing Information Security deals with the philosophy, strategy and tactics of soliciting, managing and conducting information security audits of all flavours. It will give you the founding principles around information security assessments and why they are important. The book provides a fluid framework for developing an astute 'information security mind' capable of rapid adaptation to evolving technologies, markets, regulations, laws, and so on.

The authors, Dr Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin Gavrilenko and Andriej Michajlowski, are information security experts. They are the joint founders of Arhont Ltd, a consultancy which offers a range of information security services, including auditing, monitoring and investigation. Arhont provides advice on information security to major companies and multinational corporations.

Read this book and discover what you can do to beat cybercrime!

Edition details

• Publisher: IT Governance Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849280355
• ISBN 13: 9781849280358
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 414