Once More unto the Breach

CHAPTER 1: AUGUST: PULLING A TEAM TOGETHER

It’s not a project …

The most important thing to remember from this book may very well be that there should be no more information security projects, but rather programmes. What we, as information security professionals, are delivering, ultimately, are programmes of change across our organisations. All the security breaches that have dogged the second decade of the 21st century appear to have been as a result of operating at odds with the importance of the key elements of security (i.e. maintaining the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information assets). This book will not repeat detailed definitions of information security per se – there are many, many resources available out there to ...