Product Description
This comprehensive guide explores all the issues surrounding information security in an enterprise. Focusing on real-life problems, it provides enterprise systems managers and technicians with practical solutions for safeguarding proprietary corporate information in all types and sizes of organizations. In addition to including dozens of case studies to illustrate the many dangers that await inadequately protected systems, the book explains how to identify key threats and vulnerabilities; formulate appropriate countermeasures for each type of computer crime; apply appropriate encryption techniques; work effectively with personnel specialists and legal counsel to protect an organization against threats from job candidates, disgruntled employees, and software vendors; and convene a high-level group for disaster prevention, mitigation, and recovery planning.
This is a well-written overview of the issues of security as a whole. Worth reading even if your enterprise is not all that huge. Not just a theoretical treatise, there are real examples here too.
It is clear that the author has both the experience and the expertise needed to address this topic with confidence and flair.
If security is a significant part of your job, read this book.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5