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Information Security Management Principles, 4th Edition
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Information Security Management Principles, 4th Edition

by Jeremy Green, Andy Taylor, David Alexander, Amanda Finch, David Sutton
November 2024
Intermediate to advanced
340 pages
10h 38m
English
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Content preview from Information Security Management Principles, 4th Edition

ACTIVITY SOLUTION POINTERS

CHAPTER 1

Activity 1.1

As the information security manager, you have been asked to present to senior management to outline why the business needs to have a strategy for information assurance.

To make your points most forcefully, you have been asked to define three threats to the business, three vulnerabilities and consequently three risks that any information assurance system would need to manage.

Answer

A business needs a strategy for information assurance for several critical reasons:

Protection of sensitive information

  • Confidentiality: Ensures that sensitive business data, customer information and intellectual property are protected from unauthorised access.
  • Integrity: Safeguards the accuracy and consistency ...
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ISBN: 9781780176956