Enterprise Information Security and Privacy
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Author(s): C. W. Axelrod, J. L. Bayuk and D. Schutzer (Eds)
Publisher: Artech House Books
ISBN: 9781596931909
Format: hardback
255pp
Price: £53.00, $99.00
Review Date: 01 May 2009
Review: The Editors, who are professionals in the field of security, set the scene by pointing out a rather worrying trend. This is that there are accelerating breaches of security with resulting losses to organizations following the proliferation of new information technologies, which points to a lack of effective methods in reducing this threat and vulnerability. Nevertheless there is progress with many companies developing new products and services and academic research leading edge work. Despite this the Editors still feel we are lagging in the struggle. They plan this book to take a refreshing approach of questioning current and traditional approaches in the various areas of security written by many experts in the field. The contents are: 1. Privacy roles and responsibility, 2. Data protection, 3.IT operational pressure on information security, 4. Information classification, 5. Human factors, 6. Making the case for replacing risk-based security, 7. The economics of loss, 8. Legal and regulatory obligations, 9. Telecommunications, 10. Financial services, 11. Energy, 12. Transport security, 13. Academia. Appendix Key information security law references.