Information Security for Managers

Information systems have improved over the years to become more effective in collecting and rending 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.

SectionOne What Should Managers Know About Security Policies and Procedures?
Chapter1 Introduction to Information Security
Chapter2 Corporations and the Rule of Law
Chapter3 Management, Security Law and Security Policies
Chapter4 Security Regulations and Governance
Chapter5 Security Programs, Risk Assessment and Management
Chapter6 Managing Organizational Security
SectionTwo Technology Orientation for Managers
Chapter7 Systems, Data, and Information
Chapter8 Programming Concepts
Chapter9 Applications Development
Chapter10 Computer Operating Systems
Chapter11 Networks and Addressing
Chapter12 Protocols and Routing
SectionThree Computer and Network Security
Chapter13 Information Systems Security
Chapter14 Computer Security
Chapter15 Network Security
Chapter16 Cryptographic Uses and Firewalls
Chapter17 Cryptography Concepts
Chapter18 Web Applications Security
SectionFour Managing Organizations Securely
Chapter19 Configuration Management
Chapter20 Managing Security Operations
Chapter21 Managing Security Behavior
Chapter22 Modeling and Predicting Security Attacks
Chapter23 Adaptive Systems Security
Chapter24 Security Horizons: Issues for Managers