Cyber Security Management and Strategic Intelligence

Within the organization, the cyber security manager fulfils an important and policy-oriented role. Working alongside the risk manager, the Information Technology (IT) manager, the security manager and others, the cyber security manager’s role is to ensure that intelligence and security manifest in a robust cyber security awareness programme and set of security initiatives that when implemented help strengthen the organization’s defences and those also of its supply chain partners.

Cyber Security Management and Strategic Intelligence emphasizes the ways in which intelligence work can be enhanced and utilized, guiding the reader on how to deal with a range of cyber threats and strategic issues. Throughout the book, the role of the cyber security manager is central, and the work undertaken is placed in context with that undertaken by other important staff, all of whom deal with aspects of risk and need to coordinate the organization’s defences thus ensuring that a collectivist approach to cyber security management materializes. Real-world examples and cases highlight the nature and form that cyber-attacks may take, and reference to the growing complexity of the situation is made clear. In addition, various initiatives are outlined that can be developed further to make the organization less vulnerable to attack. Drawing on theory and practice, the authors outline proactive, and collectivist approaches to counteracting cyber-attacks that will enable organizations to put in place more resilient cyber security management systems, frameworks and planning processes.

Cyber Security Management and Strategic Intelligence references the policies, systems and procedures that will enable advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and reflective practitioners to understand the complexity associated with cyber security management and apply a strategic intelligence perspective. It will help the cyber security manager to promote cyber security awareness to a number of stakeholders and turn cyber security management initiatives into actionable policies of a proactive nature.

Peter Trim is a Reader in Marketing and Security Management at Birkbeck Business School, Birkbeck, University of London. He has published over 50 academic articles in a range of academic journals and has produced a number of single-authored, co-authored and edited books. Peter has been Chair of the UK Cyber Security Research Network Group and taken two delegations of UK cyber security experts to South Korea and hosted two cyber security South Korean delegations in the UK. Peter has won a number of grants and has been Principal Investigator on two research projects. He has also organized a number of conferences and workshops and has worked on a number of cyber security initiatives involving academia, government and industry.

Yang-Im Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, where she teaches marketing and related subjects. She has published over 30 articles in a range of academic journals and has also been the co-author of several books. She has also worked on a number of research projects and has been a member of the UK-Korea Cyber Security Research Network and a Visiting Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She also provided support for the Information Assurance Advisory Council and was their Academic Liaison Panel Co-ordinator for a number of years.