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MindTap for Management of Information Security

Author(s): Michael E. Whitman | Herbert J. Mattord

ISBN: 9781337675680

6th Edition

Copyright: 2019

₹799

Binding: eBook

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MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY, Sixth Edition gives readers an overview of information security and assurance using both domestic and international standards, all from a management perspective. Beginning with the foundational and technical components of information security, this edition then focuses on access control models, information security governance, and information security program assessment and metrics.The Fourth Edition is revised and updated to reflect changes in the field, including the ISO 27000 series, so as to prepare readers to succeed in the workplace.

  • 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. Compliance: Law and Ethics

3. Governance and Strategic Planning for Security

4. Information Security Policy.

5. Developing the Security Program.

6.  Risk Management: Assessing Risk

7. Risk Management: Treating Risk

8. Security Management Models

9. Security Management Practices

10. Planning for Contingencies

11. Security Maintenance

12. Protection Mechanisms

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.

 

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.