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Fundamentals of Information Systems Security, 4th Edition
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Fundamentals of Information Systems Security, 4th Edition

by David Kim, Michael G. Solomon
December 2021
Beginner
550 pages
20h 48m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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The Infrastructure for an IT Security Policy

Every company operates within a complex combination of laws, regulations, requirements, competitor challenges, and partner expectations as well as being affected by morale, labor relations, productivity, costs, and cash flow. Within this environment, management must develop, publish, and maintain an overall security statement and directives. From the security team’s perspective, a security program addresses these directives through policies and their supporting elements, such as standards, procedures, baselines, and guidelines. FIGURE 9-1 shows the elements of a security policy environment.

A diagram explaining the security policy environment. The environment has the overarching organizational policy and the management’s security statement. Supplanting the environment are the following. Regulations. Organization objectives. Organizational goals. Laws. Shareholders' interests.

FIGURE ...

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ISBN: 9781284220742