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The Psychology of Information Security
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The Psychology of Information Security

by Leron Zinatullin
January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
119 pages
2h 1m
English
IT Governance Publishing
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SECURITY

Information security encompasses many aspects of business, including financial controls, human resources and protection of the physical environment, as well as health and safety measures. But who are security professionals? What skills do they have?

I asked these questions of Javvad Malik, security advocate and blogger, during one of our lunches. I met Javvad at a security conference in London. He helped me to prepare for my first talk at said conference, sharing his views and experience on the security industry. He also expressed his vision on this subject: “When I was starting in the field, nobody really knew what security was,” he said. “Then came the perception that it was all about hackers ...

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