Computer Security Management

Computer Security Management provides a broad overview of computer security and offers guidance for improving business systems, procedures, and the skills of personnel. Here are some highlights: . State-of-the-art coverage with an emphasis on future trends. Promotes the concept that an effective manager must always stay current on security matters. A comprehensive chapter on viruses and other forms of malicious code provides descriptive background and offers popular prevention and remedial options. Discusses legal aspects of computer security with an eye toward effective management. Stresses the principle that planning ahead of time is better than after-the-fact punishment or reorganization after the damage has been done. A chapter on computer ethics introduces this preventative aspect of computer security. Thorough coverage of planning for natural disasters. Details contingency plans to minimize effects of natural disasters and outlines rapid recovery techniques. Each chapter opens with a contemporary vignette that focuses on real business situations relevant to the material covered within the chapter. Problem-solving exercises and in-depth case studies are also offered.

This textbook places cyber security management within an organizational and strategic framework, enabling students to develop their knowledge and skills for a future career. The reader will learn to: • evaluate different types of cyber risk • carry out a threat analysis and place cyber threats in order of severity • formulate appropriate cyber security management policy • establish an organization-specific intelligence framework and security culture • devise and implement a cyber security awareness programme • integrate cyber security within an organization’s operating system Learning objectives, chapter summaries and further reading in each chapter provide structure and routes to further in-depth research. Firm theoretical grounding is coupled with short problem-based case studies reflecting a range of organizations and perspectives, illustrating how the theory translates to practice, with each case study followed by a set of questions to encourage understanding and analysis. Non-technical and comprehensive, this textbook shows final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students of Cyber Security Management, as well as reflective practitioners, how to adopt a pro-active approach to the management of cyber security. Online resources include PowerPoint slides, an instructor’s manual and a test bank of questions.

Each chapter opens with a contemporary vignette that focuses on real business situations relevant to the material covered within the chapter. Problem-solving exercises and in-depth case studies are also offered.

This book concentrates on a wide range of advances related to IT cybersecurity management. The topics covered in this book include, among others, management techniques in security, IT risk management, the impact of technologies and techniques on security management, regulatory techniques and issues, surveillance technologies, security policies, security for protocol management, location management, GOS management, resource management, channel management, and mobility management. The authors also discuss digital contents copyright protection, system security management, network security management, security management in network equipment, storage area networks (SAN) management, information security management, government security policy, web penetration testing, security operations, and vulnerabilities management. The authors introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and trends needed by cybersecurity management specialists and educators for keeping current their cybersecurity management knowledge. Further, they provide a glimpse of future directions where cybersecurity management techniques, policies, applications, and theories are headed. The book is a rich collection of carefully selected and reviewed manuscripts written by diverse cybersecurity management experts in the listed fields and edited by prominent cybersecurity management researchers and specialists.

Provides IT professionals with an integrated plan to establish and implement a corporate risk assessment and management program.

Computer crime; Company security; Embezzlement: detection and control; EDP controls; Auditing; Program error; Operator error; Operator fraud; Programmer fraud; Software protection; Fire protection; Disaster and catastrophe prevention; Insurance; Cryptographic techniques; Service bureaus; Time-sharing; Computer privacy.

Revised edition of: Information security for managers.