Information security fundamentals

424 Pages·2017·4.822 MB·English

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of issues they will experience in the field.
The book examines the elements of computer security, employee roles and
responsibilities, and common threats. It discusses the legal requirements that impact
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The text concludes by describing business continuity planning, preventive controls,
recovery strategies, and how to conduct a business impact analysis. Each chapter in
the book has been written by a different expert to ensure you gain the comprehensive
understanding of what it takes to develop an effective information security program.
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Information Security
FUNDAMENTALS
Second Edition

Information Security
FUNDAMENTALS
Second Edition
Thomas R. Peltier
CRC Press
Taylor & Francis Group
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To the souls that left us too early: Justin Peltier, Gene Schultz,
and Brad Smith. They were always eager to try new things first—
I know they will make our next meeting a joyous occasion.

Contents
Acknowledgments ..........................................................................................ix
Introduction ...................................................................................................xi
Information Security Fundamentals ...........................................................xiii
Editor ..........................................................................................................xxv
Contributors ..............................................................................................xxvii
1 Developing Policies ................................................................................1
THOMAS R. PELTIER
2 Organization of Information Security .................................................17
PATRICK D. HOWARD
3 Cryptology ...........................................................................................37
MARIA DAILEY
4 Risk Management: The Facilitated Risk Analysis and Assessment
Process ..................................................................................................59
THOMAS R. PELTIER
5 Building and Maintaining an Effective Security Awareness
Program ..............................................................................................109
JOHN G. O’LEARY
6 Physical Security ................................................................................147
JOHN A. BLACKLEY
7 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning .......................161
KEVIN McLAUGHLIN
8 Continuity of Operations Planning ...................................................169
JEFFERY SAUNTRY
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9 Access Controls...................................................................................219
KIMBERLY LOGAN
10 Information System Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance ....239
QUINN R. SHAMBLIN
11 Information Security Incident Management ......................................273
BRAD SMITH
12 Asset Classification .............................................................................297
THOMAS R. PELTIER AND WILLIAM TOMPKINS
13 Threats to Information Security .........................................................327
JUSTIN PELTIER
14 Information Security Policies: A Practitioner’s View .........................349
CHARLES JOHNSON
Glossary.......................................................................................................357
Appendix A: Facilitated Risk Analysis and Assessment Process (FRAAP) ....369
Appendix B: Business Impact Analysis .......................................................383
KEVIN McLAUGHLIN
Acknowledgments
This book is the combined effort of many industry professionals. This group
includes John Blackley, Maria Dailey, Pat Howard, Charles Johnson, Kimberly
Logan, Kevin McLaughlin, John O’Leary, Justin Peltier, Tom Peltier, Jeff Sauntry,
Quinn Shamblin, Brad Smith, and William Tompkins.
For more than a decade, SecureWorld has expanded and improved the concept
of affordable regional security conferences. By ensuring knowledgeable speakers and
quality educational and training programs, the security professional is able to stay
current and cultivate contacts to help provide a means to get questions answered
and problems solved. Mike O’Gara, Kerry Nelson, and the entire SecureWorld
team are serving the industry well.
No one has all the answers to any question, so the really “smart” person culti-
vates good friends. Being in the information security business for nearly 40 years,
I have had the great good fortune of having a number of such friends and fellow
professionals. This group of longtime sources of great information includes John
and Jane O’Leary, Lisa Bryson, Mike Corby, Terri Curran, Peter Stephenson,
Merrill Lynch, Bob Cartwright, Pat Howard, Cheryl Jackson, Becky Herold,
Ray Kaplan, Anne Terwilliger, David Lynas, John Sherwood, Herve Schmidt,
Antonio and Pietro Ruvolo, Wayne Sumida, Dean Feldpausch, and William H.
Murray.
My working buddies also need to be acknowledged. My son Justin was the
greatest asset any father and information security team could ever hope for. Over
the years, we logged thousands of air miles together and touched five continents.
Every day I learned something new from him. I miss him greatly each and every
day.
The other working buddy is John Blackley, a strange Scotsman who makes my
life more fun and interesting. I’ve worked with John since 1985 and have marveled
at how well he takes obtuse concepts and condenses them so that even management
types can understand.
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