Security planning & disaster recovery

the long version

Secrets and strategies for protecting your network before trouble strikesCreate and implement a successful security system and recovery plan with help from this insightful and practical resource. This detailed guide provides you with a complete roadmap for developing an effective end-to-end security program. You’ll even discover numerous methods for proactively protecting your network before a security breach occurs—saving you time, effort, and money in the long run. Covering the earliest phases of plan development, team organization and training, to technology deployment and incident recovery strategies, this book combines in-depth conceptual explanations with hands-on checklists at the end of every chapter. Definitive, authoritative, and up to date, this book is an invaluable tool in the ongoing and often challenging task of maintaining network security.Understand the laws and regulations affecting information security programsDeploy new projects and technologies in a cost-effective mannerDefine requirements and establish policies and procedures for your organizationRespond to incidents and disasters in a systematic fashion to minimize loss or damage to valuable dataLearn to identify, hire—and keep—security professionals and establish the reporting structure for the information security departmentIntroduce human controls, including staff awareness, to help improve securityDiscover how audits and penetration tests can help in assessing riskAssemble an incident response team and set priorities and goals for each member