Information Security Handbook: Develop a threat model and incident response strategy to build a strong information security framework - Softcover

Death, Darren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1788478835 ISBN 13: 9781788478830

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Implement information security effectively as per your organization’s needs.

Key Features

• Learn to build your own information security framework, the best fit for your organization
• Build on the concepts of threat modeling, incidence response, and security analysis
• Practical use cases and best practices for information security

Book Description

Having an information security mechanism is one of the most crucial factors for any organization. Important assets of organization demand a proper risk management and threat model for security, and so information security concepts are gaining a lot of traction. This book starts with the concept of information security and shows you why it’s important.

It then moves on to modules such as threat modeling, risk management, and mitigation. It also covers the concepts of incident response systems, information rights management, and more. Moving on, it guides you to build your own information security framework as the best fit for your organization. Toward the end, you’ll discover some best practices that can be implemented to make your security framework strong.

By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with all the factors involved in information security, which will help you build a security framework that is a perfect fit your organization’s requirements.

What you will learn

• Develop your own information security framework
• Build your incident response mechanism
• Discover cloud security considerations
• Get to know the system development life cycle
• Get your security operation center up and running
• Know the various security testing types
• Balance security as per your business needs
• Implement information security best practices

Who This Book Is For

This book is for security analysts and professionals who deal with security mechanisms in an organization. If you are looking for an end to end guide on information security and risk analysis with no prior knowledge of this domain, then this book is for you.

Table of Contents

1. Information and Data Security Fundamentals
2. Threat Modeling
3. Preparing for Information Security
4. Information Security Risk Management
5. Developing your Information and Data Security Plan
6. Continuous Security Testing and Monitoring
7. Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Planning
8. Incident Response Planning
9. Developing a Security Operations Center
10. Developing a Security Architecture Program
11. Cloud Security Considerations
12. Information Security Best Practices

About this title

About the Author

Darren Death is an information security professional living in the DC Metropolitan Area. During his 17-year technology career, he has supported the private and public sector at the local, state, and national levels. Darren has worked for organizations such as the Department of Justice, Library of Congress, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Darren currently works for Artic Slope Regional Corporation as its chief information security officer. In this role, Darren is responsible for the ASRC Enterprise Information Security program, where he manages the Information Security program across the 3 billion dollar ASRC portfolio crossing many business sectors to include energy, financial services, hospitality, retail, construction, and federal government contracting.

Darren is very active in the information security community and can be heard at many conferences throughout the year speaking on many of the topics covered in this book. Infragard is an organization that is dedicated to sharing information and intelligence working to prevent hostile acts against the United States. In this role, he teaches students the building blocks that go into establishing a successful information security program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788478835
• ISBN 13: 9781788478830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330