Chapter 1
Best Practices, Standards, and a Plan of Action
There are some dogs who wouldn’t debase what are to them sacred forms. A very fine, very serious German Shepherd I worked with, for instance, grumbled noisily at other dogs when they didn’t obey. When training him to retrieve, at one point I set the dumbbell on its end for the fun of it. He glared disapprovingly at the dumbbell and at me, then pushed it carefully back into its proper position before picking it up and returning with it, rather sullenly.
—Adam’s Task: Calling Animals by Name, Vicki Hearne
Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
Explain the need for standards and best practices documents in cybersecurity.
Present an overview of the Standard ...
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