Information Security (Advances in Management Informations Systems)

Information security is everyone's concern. The way we live is underwritten by information system infrastructures, most notably the Internet. The functioning of our business organizations, the management of our supply chains, and the operation of our governments depend on the secure flow of information. In an organizational environment information security is a never-ending process of protecting information and the systems that produce it.This volume in the "Advances in Management Information Systems" series covers the managerial landscape of information security. It deals with how organizations and nations organize their information security policies and efforts. The book covers how to strategize and implement security with a special focus on emerging technologies. It highlights the wealth of security technologies, and also indicates that the problem is not a lack of technology but rather its intelligent application.

Richard L. Baskerville is a Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Computer Information Systems, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. Seymour (Sy) Goodman is Professor of International Affairs and Computing jointly at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, co-Director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, and Principal Investigator for the MacArthur Foundation grant supporting the Sam Nunn Security Program. Detmar Straub is the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of IS at Georgia State University and conducts research in the areas of information security, e-commerce, technological innovation, and international IT.