Business of Cyber - Why You Should Question What Your Security Team Are Telling You

This book examines the cybersecurity phenomenon, looking at the folklore, the hype, and the behaviour of its practitioners. The content is strongly rooted in available research, presented in an accessible manner, with a number of business-related case studies.

List of contents

1. The Current and Future State of Cyber, 2. Security Culture Will Fix Things, 3. If Only Users Would "Get It"., 4. Security = Confidentiality + Integrity + Availability, 5. Security Is Best Done with Numbers , 6. Security Is Treated as a Business Issue, 7. The Enforcement of Compliance, 8. Aggregated Case Studies, 9. Summary and Future Work

About the author

Peter Fagan has been working in the information security industry for well over twenty years, in a variety of roles and environments. About eight years ago, he asked himself the question "why isn't this working?". After all, if we're selling security, surely after a while there ought to be less of a need for it? Asking that question kicked off a journey of personal research, academic research, and the hands-on practical implementation of contemporary approaches, based on the way people actually behave rather than the way security teams would like them to behave. That journey ultimately led to this book, which presents the argument that an industry focused on profit is more concerned with selling compliance than it is with selling protection. Along the way, the author draws upon formal business knowledge gained through an MBA and an MSc in organisational psychology.

Summary

This book examines the cybersecurity phenomenon, looking at the folklore, the hype, and the behaviour of its practitioners. The content is strongly rooted in available research, presented in an accessible manner, with a number of business-related case studies.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Fagan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032462868
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3246286-8
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; COMPUTERS / Computer Science, COMPUTERS / Security / General, COMPUTERS / Networking / General, COMPUTERS / System Administration / General, LAW / Computer & Internet, computer science, Computer security, Legal aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Network Management, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects