Computers, Business, and Security

The New Role for Security

James A Schweitzer

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781483144894
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Computers, Business, and Security: The New Role for Security addresses the professional security manager's responsibility to protect all business resources, with operating environments and high technology in mind. This book discusses the technological aspects of the total security programs.

Organized into three parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of how the developing information age is affecting business management, operations, and organization. This text then examines a number of vulnerabilities that arise in the process of using business computing and communications systems. Other chapters consider the integration of electronic information technology into the security function. This book discusses as well the need for the integration of computing technology into the business security staff. The final chapter deals with the structure of the security program and explains the components of the overall security responsibility. This book is a valuable resource for professional business security managers, systems administrators, and software/hardware maintenance specialists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Computers, Business, and Security: The New Role for Security
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• PART I: THE COMPUTER AND SECURITY IN THE INFORMATION AGE
• PART II: THE FIVE CRITICAL TASKS
• PART III: SECURING TODAY'S BUSINESS
• Appendix A: A Primer on Computing
• Appendix B: Sample Information Security Policy
• Appendix C: Sample Electronic Security Review
• Appendix D: A Glossary of Technology Terms
• References
• Index