Category Archives: Security Management

Recommended Book: Effective Security Management

One of the Good and Basic Book to have for any security professionals (Managers & Directors) is Effective Security Management, 5th Edition (2011) Title: Effective Security Management Author : C Sennewald Publisher: Elsevier Date: 2011 Number of pages: 340 Overview … Continue reading

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2011 Cost of a Data Breach Reports, by Symantec and Ponemon

Symantec has published their latest 2011 results on the Cost of Data Breach series. Companies analyzed were from 14 different industries including finance, retail, healthcare, services, education, technology, manufacturing, research, transportation, consumer, hotels and leisure, media, pharmaceutical and communications. Reports … Continue reading

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ENISA CERT support material and exercise material with DVDs

ENISA has published exercise material for people working in CERTs (Computer Emergency Response Team). First set of material is related to CERT organizations. Setting-up Guide CERT Running Guide Baseline capabilitites for national / governmental CERTs Good Practice Guide for Incident … Continue reading

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Risk Management Toolkit for SME

VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland) is coordinating risk management forum via PK-RH web site. The forum is shared by many stake holder organizations. In the PK-RH main page, Risk Management Toolkit is introduced. The toolkit contains various tools: Booklets: … Continue reading

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Security Certification directory

CSO Online article “The Security Certification Directory” contains a good list in this subject. The directory is divided into categories: Information Security certifications, like Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge Certified Information Systems Professional, CISSP Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Certified … Continue reading

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Security Survey Directory

CSO Online article “The security data and survey directory” contains a good list in this subject. The directory is divided into categories: Risk Management Attack Vectors Security Spending, Budgets & Priorities Physical Security and Loss Prevention Security Controls Data Security … Continue reading

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Security laws and regulations directory

CSO Online article “The security laws, regulations and guidelines directory” contains a good list in this subject. This list is a good starting point when looking which laws and regulation there exist. Broadly applicable laws and regulations Industry-specific guidelines and … Continue reading

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