Cybersecurity : the essential body of knowledge

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Title:

Author:

Shoemaker, Dan.

ISBN:

9781435481695

Personal Author:

Shoemaker, Dan.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xxiv, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Information security is important -- A global roadmap for security -- Adapting best practice: tailoring a solution that fits -- Defining the company's executive roles -- Defining the company's functional security roles -- Defining the corollary roles for security -- The data security competency -- The digital forensics competency -- The enterprise continuity competency -- The incident management competency -- IT security training and awareness -- Securing the IT systems operations and maintenance function -- Network and telecommunications security -- Personnel security -- Physical security -- Procurement -- Legal and regulatory compliance -- The risk management competency -- Strategic management -- System and application security -- Appendix A. Operating scenario: humongous holdings.

Abstract:

Provides a comprehensive, trustworthy framework of practices for assuring information security. This book is organized to help readers understand how the various roles and functions within cybersecurity practice can be combined and leaver aged to produce a secure organization.

Subject Term:

Computer security -- Textbooks.

Added Author:

Conklin, Wm. Arthur (William Arthur)

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CYBERSECURITY: THE ESSENTIAL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE provides a comprehensive, trustworthy framework of practices for assuring information security. This book is organized to help readers understand how the various roles and functions within cybersecurity practice can be combined and leveraged to produce a secure organization.In this unique book, concepts are not presented as stagnant theory; instead, the content is interwoven in a real world adventure story that runs throughout. In the story, a fictional company experiences numerous pitfalls of cyber security and the reader is immersed in the everyday practice of securing the company through various characters' efforts. This approach grabs learners' attention and assists them in visualizing the application of the content to real-world issues that they will face in their professional life.Derived from the Department of Homeland Security's Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK) for IT Security, this book is an indispensable resource dedicated to understanding the framework, roles, and competencies involved with information security.