
Cyber Security: Essential principles to secure your organisation
Essential principles to secure your organisation
Alan Calder(Author)
IT Governance Publishing
Published on 10. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
80 pages
978-1-78778-209-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cyber Security - Essential principles to secure your organisation takes you through the fundamentals of cyber security, the principles that underpin it, vulnerabilities and threats, and how to defend against attacks.
Organisations large and small experience attacks every day, from simple phishing emails to intricate, detailed operations masterminded by criminal gangs, and for every vulnerability fixed, another pops up, ripe for exploitation.
Cyber security doesn't have to cost vast amounts of money or take a short ice age to implement. No matter the size of your organisation, improving cyber security helps protect your data and that of your clients, improving business relations and opening the door to new opportunities.
This pocket guide will take you through the essentials of cyber security - the principles that underpin it, vulnerabilities and threats and the attackers who use them, and how to defend against them - so you can confidently develop a cyber security programme.
Cyber Security - Essential principles to secure your organisation:
Covers the key differences between cyber and information security;
Explains how cyber security is increasingly mandatory and how this ties into data protection, e.g. the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation);
Focuses on the nature of the problem, looking at technical, physical and human threats and vulnerabilities;
Explores the importance of security by design;
Gives guidance on why security should be balanced and centralised; and
Introduces the concept of using standards and frameworks to manage cyber security.
No matter the size of your organisation, cyber security is no longer optional - it is an essential component of business success and a critical defence against the risks of the information age. The only questions left are to decide when and where your journey will begin.
Start that journey now - buy this book today!
Organisations large and small experience attacks every day, from simple phishing emails to intricate, detailed operations masterminded by criminal gangs, and for every vulnerability fixed, another pops up, ripe for exploitation.
Cyber security doesn't have to cost vast amounts of money or take a short ice age to implement. No matter the size of your organisation, improving cyber security helps protect your data and that of your clients, improving business relations and opening the door to new opportunities.
This pocket guide will take you through the essentials of cyber security - the principles that underpin it, vulnerabilities and threats and the attackers who use them, and how to defend against them - so you can confidently develop a cyber security programme.
Cyber Security - Essential principles to secure your organisation:
Covers the key differences between cyber and information security;
Explains how cyber security is increasingly mandatory and how this ties into data protection, e.g. the Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation);
Focuses on the nature of the problem, looking at technical, physical and human threats and vulnerabilities;
Explores the importance of security by design;
Gives guidance on why security should be balanced and centralised; and
Introduces the concept of using standards and frameworks to manage cyber security.
No matter the size of your organisation, cyber security is no longer optional - it is an essential component of business success and a critical defence against the risks of the information age. The only questions left are to decide when and where your journey will begin.
Start that journey now - buy this book today!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ely
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
76 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78778-209-9 (9781787782099)
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Persons
Alan Calder?is the Group CEO of GRC?International Group?plc, the AIM-listed company that owns IT Governance?Ltd.?Alan is an acknowledged international cyber security guru, and a leading?author on information security and IT governance issues. He has been?involved in the development of a wide range of information security management?training courses that have been?accredited by IBITGQ (International Board?for IT Governance Qualifications). Alan has consulted for clients?in the UK and?abroad, and?is a regular media commentator and speaker.?
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Information security and cyber security
Chapter 2: Threats and vulnerabilities
Chapter 3: Security by design
Chapter 4: Human threats
Chapter 5: Physical threats
Chapter 6: Third-party threats
Chapter 7: Securing the organisation
Chapter 8: Incident response and management
Chapter 9: Standards and frameworks
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Chapter 1: Information security and cyber security
Chapter 2: Threats and vulnerabilities
Chapter 3: Security by design
Chapter 4: Human threats
Chapter 5: Physical threats
Chapter 6: Third-party threats
Chapter 7: Securing the organisation
Chapter 8: Incident response and management
Chapter 9: Standards and frameworks
Chapter 10: Conclusion