The Secured Enterprise: Protecting Your Information Assets

Securing enterprise data is a critical issue for business decision makers. This book explains the issues for business people in a nontechnical style. It introduces technologies for addressing security threats, explains protection methods used in the business environment, and examines implementation methods and choices for different sizes of businesses. It also discusses related legal issues and company politics. Icons identify key points, more technical material, and examples. Proctor is president of an information security firm. Byrnes wrote a previous book on security in enterprise computing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PAUL E. PROCTOR has worked with the CIA, FBI, and NSA on security issues andled a study of state-of-the-art intrusion detection methodology for the U.S. government.Currently Senior Vice President for NFR Security, Inc., he has spent his entire careerdeveloping information security systems and assisting large enterprises in theirdeployment. Proctor is also author of The Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook(Prentice Hall PTR).

F. CHRISTIAN BYRNES has worked for IBM, Oxford Software Corporation, andMETA Group. He is author of Security in Enterprise Computing: A Practical Guide, aglobal best-practices report that has become the benchmark for enterprise securityprocess formation by META Group clients worldwide.