Measuring and Managing Information Risk - A Fair Approach

"Using the factor analysis of information risk (FAIR) methodology developed over ten years and adopted by corporations worldwide, Measuring and Managing Information Risk provides a proven and credible framework for understanding, measuring, and analyzinginformation risk of any size or complexity. Intended for organizations that need to either build a risk management program from the ground up or strengthen an existing one, this book provides a unique and fresh perspective on how to do a basic quantitative risk analysis. Covering such key areas as risk theory, risk calculation, scenario modeling, and communicating risk within the organization, Measuring and Managing Information Risk helps managers make better business decisions by understanding their organizational risk"--

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic Risk Concepts
Chapter 3: The FAIR Risk Ontology
Chapter 4: FAIR Terminology
Chapter 5: Measurement
Chapter 6: Analysis Process
Chapter 7: Interpreting Results
Chapter 8: Risk Analysis Examples
Chapter 9: Thinking about Risk Scenarios Using FAIR
Chapter 10: Common Mistakes
Chapter 11: Controls
Chapter 12: Risk Management
Chapter 13: Information Security Metrics
Chapter 14: Implementing Risk Management

Report

"...informative and insightful-and surprisingly engaging. Using examples, anecdotes, and metaphors, the writers keep this educational work from becoming difficult... Professionals new to thorough information risk analysis or using more simplified approaches will find this book extremely useful." --Security Management

Product details

• Authors: Jack Freund, Jack (Manager Freund, Jack (VP Freund, Jack Jones Freund, Freund Jack, Jack Jones, Jack (Co-founder and president of CXOWARE Jones, Jones Jack
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2014
• EAN: 9780124202313
• ISBN: 978-0-12-420231-3
• No. of pages: 408
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 230 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann; Butterworth-Heinemann; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; COMPUTERS / Security / General, Computer security