Information Security for Managers

Description

Information systems have improved over the years to become more effective in collecting and rendering information for consumers, although these improvements have been accompanied by increases in both frequency and sophistication of attacks against them. The impacts from attacks against companies are significant, and managers are responsible for their organizations' security. Failures can cause significant losses to companies and their suppliers and clients, and may cost managers their jobs, and may even possibly lead to legal liabilities that are adjudicated against them.

This textbook takes a different approach than most texts on the subject, which are organized topically. Pedagogically, Information Security for Managers utilizes an incremental development method called knowledge scaffolding - a proven educational technique for learning subject matter thoroughly by reinforced learning through an elaborative rehearsal process.

This new resource includes coverage on threats to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as well as countermeasures to preserve these. The textbook also draws extensively from the latest applied research and development, rather than simply rehashing materials and topics that are in nearly all of the extant textbooks and popular reading materials.

Instructor Resources include Answers to the end-of-chapter questions and a PowerPoint Image Bank that contains key images from the text.

CONTENTS:

Section One What Should Managers Know About Security Policies and Procedures?

  Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Security

  Chapter 2 Corporations and the Rule of Law

  Chapter 3 Management, Security Law and Security Policies

  Chapter 4 Security Regulations and Governance

  Chapter 5 Security Programs, Risk Assessment and Management

  Chapter 6 Managing Organizational Security

Section Two Technology Orientation for Managers

  Chapter 7 Systems, Data, and Information

  Chapter 8 Programming Concepts

  Chapter 9 Applications Development

  Chapter 10 Computer Operating Systems

  Chapter 11 Networks and Addressing

  Chapter 12 Protocols and Routing

Section Three Computer and Network Security

  Chapter 13 Information Systems Security

  Chapter 14 Computer Security

  Chapter 15 Network Security

  Chapter 16 Cryptographic Uses and Firewalls

  Chapter 17 Cryptography Concepts

  Chapter 18 Web Applications Security

Section Four Managing Organizations Securely

  Chapter 19 Configuration Management

  Chapter 20 Managing Security Operations

  Chapter 21 Managing Security Behavior

  Chapter 22 Modeling and Predicting Security Attacks

  Chapter 23 Adaptive Systems Security

  Chapter 24 Security Horizons: Issues for Managers