December 2020
Intermediate to advanced
361 pages
6h 26m
English
book
The Cyber Security Handbook – Prepare for, respond to and recover from cyber attacks
by Alan Calder
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CHAPTER 20: STEP 3 – DETERMINE THE SCOPE
Project scoping is fundamental. You need to know the boundaries of what you are planning to implement, which you can derive from the objectives you established in step 2 (chapter 19).
Scope determination is harder for larger, more complex organisations than it is for smaller ones. However, scoping is essential whatever your size: you have to decide which information and IT assets you are going to protect and which ones you are not, before you can decide on appropriate protection. To avoid trying to draw the boundaries too narrowly, make sure that you can justify any exclusions. It is also important to double-check that your scope covers all your requirements and objectives determined in step 2.
For a small- ...