- Paperback: 364 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (12 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0130173231
- ISBN-13: 978-0130173232
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,062,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this book, IT security expert Donald Pipkin addresses every aspect of information security: the business issues, the technical process issues, and the legal issues. Pipkin starts by reviewing the key business issues: estimating the value of information assets, evaluating the cost to the organization if they are lost or disclosed, and determining the appropriate levels of protection and response to security incidents. Next, he walks through the technical processes required to build a consistent, reasonable information security system, with appropriate intrusion detection and reporting features. Finally, Pipkin reviews the legal issues associated with information security, including corporate officers' personal liability for taking care that information is protected. The book's coverage is applicable to businesses of any size, from 50 employees to 50,000 or more, and ideal for everyone who needs at least a basic understanding of information security: network/system administrators, managers, planners, architects, and executives alike.
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- Information security, start to finish: inspection, protection, detection, reaction, and reflection
- Analyzing your most critical risks and threats
- Defining an information security strategy and architecture
- Planning and responding to intruders
- Legal and public relations implications
Computer and network security: the technical, legal, and business issues.
In Information Security: Protecting the Global Enterprise, IT security expert Donald Pipkin addresses every aspect of information security: the business issues, the technical process issues, and the legal issues—including the personal liabilities of corporate officers in protecting information assets. Pipkin starts by reviewing the key business issues associated with protecting information assets, and determining the appropriate levels of protection and response to security incidents. Next, he walks through the technical processes required to build a consistent, reasonable information security system, with appropriate intrusion detection and reporting features. Coverage includes:
- Inspection: Risk analysis, resource inventory, threat assessment, business impact analysis, safeguards, and more
- Protection: Information security design, vision, architecture, strategies, frameworks, and implementation
- Detection: Types of intruders, methods and profiles of detection
- Reaction: Incident response plans, documentation, determination, notification, assessment, repair, and recovery
- Reflection: Post-incident procedures, timelines, technical and management responses, process improvements, and public relations
Whether your role is technical or managerial, no matter what size your enterprise is, Information Security delivers the insight and guidance you need to protect your most vital asset: information.
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We are standing on the precipice of a new world economy based on information - where it's not knowledge that is power; but rather, the access to information. Read the first page
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Excellent guide to information security,
By Rory McCune (Livingston, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Information Security (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) (Paperback)
I thought that this book does a great job of introducing and explaning the concepts behind information security. The author seems well informed about current trends in security and the book manages to steer clear of any product specific comments which might have limited it's shelf life.
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Excellent Overview,
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This review is from: Information Security (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) (Paperback)
This is one of the HP series of books now dated (2000) I found this to be an excellent guide for any security consultant/manager.
Donald Pipkin Security Systems Architect for HP takes the reader through all the fundamentals of a security architecture. The book covers everything from the why we need security question through incident recovery and even legal prosecution. In total 31 chapters covering the very basics for anyone entering the industry or indeed needing to gain knowledge in a specific domain. While the book was written some time ago the principals remain as true today as ever. Some of the incidents described may seem irrelevant particularly those involving dial-up modems but still the underlying management shortfalls are the important thing. My only criticism of this book is perhaps that it tries to cover too much ground spreading itself thinly across the many subjects. This book would be no good if you were looking to be specialised in a given security area however. Overall a good lesson in the basics for anyone responsible for security in their organisation.
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A comprehensive look at computer security,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Information Security (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) (Paperback)
Information Security is a must have for anyone involved with computer security. I realized that I've been securing computer systems by focusing on the 3-As (authentication, authorization and audit). This book describes 10 attributes of information security that have to be addressed. It has opened my eyes to areas of security that I had overlooked.
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Excellent information security overview,
By Ben Rothke "Author of 'Computer Security: 20 ... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Information Security (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) (Paperback)
Information Security: Protecting the Global Enterprise is a very good guide to those looking for a management level introduction into the core concepts of information security.Pipkin writes in an easy to understand style without a lot of arcane acronyms or techno speak. The book has a good step-by-step approach and is a very good starting point for those looking to design their information systems security architecture. The book is a great place to start ones security roadmap and initiative and as a launching point for more in depth work. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Manage information at enterprise level,
By Ma, Tien Jui - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Information Security (Hewlett-Packard Professional Books) (Paperback)
This is a very good book for IT people expand their security scope into enterprise level. Some other books take more an auditor's view, this one provides structures and practices just enough for IT people. Unless your organization need a BS7799 certification, this is the book you need to read through.
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