Principles of Information Security with MindTap
ISBN: 9789355738905
MindTap for Management of Information Security
ISBN: 9781337675680
Higher Education
Author(s): Michael E. Whitman | Herbert J. Mattord
ISBN: 9789366609034
1st Edition
Copyright: 2019
India Release: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Trim Size: 241 x 181 mm
MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY, Sixth Edition prepares you to become an information security management practitioner able to secure systems and networks in a world where continuously emerging threats, ever-present attacks and the success of criminals illustrate the weaknesses in current information technologies. You'll develop both the information security skills and practical experience that organizations are looking for as they strive to ensure more secure computing environments. The text focuses on key executive and managerial aspects of information security. It also integrates coverage of CISSP and CISM throughout to effectively prepare you for certification. Reflecting the most recent developments in the field, it includes the latest information on NIST, ISO and security governance as well as emerging concerns like Ransomware, Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things.
Unit I: FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION SECURITY
1. Introduction to Management of Information Security
2. Compliance: Law and Ethics
Unit II: STRATEGIC INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
3. Governance and Strategic Planning for Security
4. Information Security Policy
5. Developing the Security Program
6. Risk Management: Identifying and Assessing Risk
7. Risk Management: Controlling Risk
Unit III: OPERATIONAL INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT
8. Security Management Models
9. Security Management Practices
10. Planning for Contingencies
11. Security Maintenance and the Management of Digital Forensics
12. Protection Mechanisms
Michael E. Whitman
Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D., C.I.S.M., C.I.S.S.P., is the executive director of the Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development and a professor of information security at Kennesaw State University.
Herbert J. Mattord
Herbert Mattord, Ph.D., C.I.S.M., C.I.S.S.P., completed 24 years of IT industry experience as an application developer, database administrator, project manager and information security practitioner before joining the faculty at Kennesaw State University, where he serves as a professor of information security and assurance and cybersecurity.