Cybersecurity Manager's Guide: The Art of Building Your Security Program

Information security is an important part of any organization, but it can be difficult to implement and manage. This manager's guide offers a seven-step process for building and maintaining an effective information security program that is easy to follow and aligned with the company's values and culture.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 225 pages
Publication date: 06 April 2021
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA

Cybersecurity professionals often find that their efforts to prioritize information security are met with a lack of attention and understanding from others within their organizations. This can lead to challenges in integrating security into company processes, conflicts with management, and inadequate resources. However, there is a better way to approach building and maintaining an effective information security program.

Author and experienced chief information security officer (CISO) Todd Barnum challenges the conventional assumptions that security professionals hold and provides a fresh perspective on developing and sustaining a robust information security program. This essential manager's guide offers a practical and straightforward seven-step process for building a new program or enhancing an existing one.

By following these steps, CISOs, chief security officers, chief information officers, and IT security professionals can establish stronger relationships across the organization, align their roles with the values and culture of their company, lay the foundation for their security program, develop a comprehensive communications strategy to share the contributions of their team and educate colleagues, transition security functions and responsibilities to other teams, organize and build an efficient InfoSec team, and measure their company's ability to recognize and report security policy violations and phishing emails.

This guide provides valuable insights and practical strategies for cybersecurity professionals seeking to improve their organization's information security posture and build a more resilient and effective security program. By embracing a new approach and challenging the status quo, security professionals can drive positive change and ensure that their organizations are well-protected against emerging threats and vulnerabilities.

Weight: 268g
Dimension: 151 x 229 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781492076216