• Detailed coverage in key managerial areas of Information Security Governance such as Access Control Models, Information Security Program Assessments, and Metrics.
• Running case study feature follows a fictional company as it encounters various information security issues, followed by group discussion questions.
• "Viewpoint" essays illustrate interesting topics and provide students with real-world examples.
• Reinforces skills as they are learned with in-depth review questions, hands-on activities, and case projects in each chapter.
• Provides students with the latest information on national and international standards, as well as the ISO 27000 series.
• Full coverage of the newly released National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) standards with instructor support for mapping the text to this standard.
• Enhanced content on Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), Contingency Planning and Incident Response, and Policy Management.
• In-depth discussion of controls and control selection based on COBIT 5.
• Expanded treatment on security convergence and the evolution of joint physical and logical security programs.
• Updated presentation of the laws, regulations and ethical perspectives on information security topics.
• Ethical Dilemmas are a new end-of-chapter feature that explore the ethical decision making involved with issues linked to the in-chapter case study.

1. Introduction to Management of Information Security.

2. Planning for Security.

3. Planning for Contingencies.

4. Information Security Policy.

5. Developing the Security Program.

6. Security Management Models.

7. Security Management Practices.

8. Risk Management: Identifying and Assessing Risk.

9. Risk Management: Controlling Risk.

10. Protection Mechanisms.

11. Personnel and Security.

12. Law and Ethics.

Appendix A. NIST SP 800-26, Security Self-Assessment Guide for Information.

Technology Systems and ISO 27002 Questionnaire.

Appendix B. Risk Management Models.

Michael E. Whitman - Ph.D., CISM, CISSP

Michael Whitman, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP is a Professor of Information Security at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, where he is also the Executive Director of the KSU/Coles College of Business Center for Information Security Education. In 2004, 2007, 2012 and 2015, under his direction the Center for Information Security Education spearheaded KSU’s successful bid for the prestigious National Center of Academic Excellence recognitions (CAE/IAE and CAE IA/CD) awarded by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency. Dr. Whitman is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Information Security Education Journal, and Director of the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Dr. Whitman is an active researcher and author in Information Security Policy, Threats, and Curriculum Development, as well as Ethical Computing. He currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Security. Dr. Whitman has several information security textbooks currently in print – Principles of Information Security, 5th Ed., Management of Information Security, 5th Ed., Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security, Volumes I and II, The Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, 4th Ed., Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, 2nd Ed., The Guide to Network Security and The Guide to Firewalls and Network Security, 3rd Ed. all from Cengage Learning. He has published articles in Information Systems Research, the Communications of the ACM, the Journal of International Business Studies, Information and Management, and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Dr. Whitman is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Information Systems Security Association, ISACA and the Association for Information Systems. Prior to coming to academia, Dr. Whitman was an officer in the U.S. Army, where he had the responsibilities of ADPSSO (Automated Data Processing System Security Officer).

Herbert J. Mattord - Ph.D., CISM, CISSP

Herbert Mattord, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP 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 is Assistant Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Associate Professor of Information Security and Assurance program. Dr. Mattord currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Security & Assurance as well as Information Systems. He and Michael Whitman are the authors of Principles of Information Security, 5th Ed, Management of Information Security, 5th Ed, Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security, Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, 2nd Ed, The Guide to Network Security, and The Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, 4th Ed all from Cengage Learning. Dr. Mattord is an active researcher and author in Information Security Management and related topics. He has published articles in the Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Information Security Education, the Journal of Executive Education, and the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking. Dr. Mattord is a member of the Information Systems Security Association, ISACA, and the Association for Information Systems. During his career as an IT practitioner, Dr. Mattord was an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, and Texas State University: San Marcos. He was formerly the Manager of Corporate Information Technology Security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where much of the practical knowledge found in this and other textbooks was acquired.