Chapter 14

Information Security Essentials for IT Managers

Protecting Mission-Critical Systems

Albert Caballero, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

Information security involves the protection of organizational assets from the disruption of business operations, modification of sensitive data, or disclosure of proprietary information. The protection of this data is usually described as maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of the organization’s assets, operations, and information.

1. Information Security Essentials for it Managers, Overview

Information security management as a field is ever increasing in demand and responsibility because most organizations spend increasingly larger percentages of their IT budgets in attempting ...

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