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    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013: A Pocket Guide
    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013: A Pocket Guide
    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013: A Pocket Guide
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    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013: A Pocket Guide

    By Steve Watkins and Andy Cresswell

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    The main international standard that deals with information security is ISO27001. If your organisation is looking to raise employee awareness of information security, then you will find this book especially useful. The pocket guide explains the concept of information security management within the framework of ISO27001.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheritgovernance
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781849285285
    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013: A Pocket Guide
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    Steve Watkins

    STEVE WATKINS is a professor of English at the University of Mary Washington. He is the author of a collection of stories, My Chaos Theory, and two young adult novels, Down Sand Mountain and What Comes After. Watkins is also an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in publications including LA Weekly, Poets and Writers, and the Nation.

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    • 3/5
      need to achieve my foundations in information security based on 27002. Thought I'd get some info for it in this book as well but was mistaken. So i think it was ok for what it did provide just not for my goals
    • 5/5
      Awesome book. Myself being a beginner, I would highly recommend this to anyone who's interested to know about information security/ build a successful career in this path. This has highly inspired me to read more about ISO 27001:2013.

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    An Introduction to Information Security and ISO27001:2013 - Steve Watkins

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    INTRODUCTION

    This pocket guide is intended to meet the needs of two groups:

    Individual readers who have turned to it as an introduction to a topic that they know little about.

    Organisations implementing, or considering implementing, some sort of information security management regime, particularly if using ISO/IEC 27001:2013, who wish to raise awareness.

    In either case the guide furnishes readers with an understanding of the basics of information security, including:

    A definition of what information security means.

    How managing information security can be achieved using an approach recognised worldwide.

    The factors that need to be considered in an information security regime, including how the perimeters of such a scheme can be properly defined.

    How an information security management system can ensure it is maximising the effect of any budget it has.

    Key areas of investment for a business-focused information security management system.

    How organisations can demonstrate the degree of assurance they offer with regard to information security, how to interpret claims of adherence to the ISO27001 Standard and exactly what that means.

    Corporate bodies will find this guide useful at a number of stages in any information security project, including:

    At the decision-making stage, to ensure that those committing to an information security project do so from an informed position.

    At project initiation, as an introduction to information security for the project board, project team members and those on the periphery of the project.

    As part of an ongoing awareness campaign, being made available to all staff¹ and to new starters as part of their introduction to the company.

    Corporate users may find they get the most benefit by making this pocket guide available and adding a small flyer inside it, which explains how various sections relate to their own specific environment, or where the issues raised in this guide are addressed in their own Information Security Management System (ISMS). For

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