Information Security Management, 2nd Edition

1.2 The Study of Information and Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is an aspect of information security. Cybersecurity deals with the electronic elements of protecting assets such as information. Information security encompasses broader threats, including theft of physical documents, perhaps left unattended on an employee’s desk. In this text, we will use the term cybersecurity when we are referring to the electronic aspects and information security when discussing these other elements.

Just by this one explanation, you must have gathered that “security” is a huge field! We have a few suggestions for how to approach your study. First, along with your classroom and text study, you should consider participating in gamified simulations. Simulations place ...