Maximum Security, Fourth Edition

Chapter 1. Building a Roadmap for Securing Your Enterprise

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Reactive Versus Proactive Models

• Understanding Your Enterprise

• Risk Assessment: Evaluating Your Enterprise’s Security Posture

• Identifying Digital Assets

• Protecting Assets

• Incident Response Policy

• Training Users and Administrators

• 40,000-Foot Review

Any attempt to secure an enterprise must be well thought out and planned. Ad-hoc security measures, although useful, will not lead to an enterprise being truly secure. Proper security is a complex ongoing process. Without proper preparation, any security program is going to fail because it will have gaps in its coverage. This chapter briefly examines essential components of an effective security program.

Reactive Versus Proactive Models ...