English | 2023 | ISBN: ‎ 180461923X | 232 pages | True PDF | 14.3 MB

Develop strat plans for building cybersecurity programs and prepare your organization for compliance investigations and audits

Key Features

Book Description

Ransomware, phishing, and data breaches are major concerns affecting all organizations as a new cyber threat seems to emerge every day. making it paramount to protect the security of your organization and be prepared for potential cyberattacks. This book will ensure that you can build a reliable cybersecurity framework to keep your organization safe from cyberattacks.

This Executive's Cybersecurity Program Handbook explains the importance of executive buy-in, mission, and vision statement of the main pillars of security program (governance, defence, people and innovation). You'll explore the different types of cybersecurity frameworks, how they differ from one another, and how to pick the right framework to minimize cyber risk. As you advance, you'll perform an assessment against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which will help you evaluate threats to your organization by identifying both internal and external vulnerabilities. Toward the end, you'll learn the importance of standard cybersecurity policies, along with concepts of governance, risk, and compliance, and become well-equipped to build an effective incident response team.

By the end of this book, you'll have gained a thorough understanding of how to build your security program from scratch as well as the importance of implementing administrative and technical security controls.

What you will learn

Who this book is for

This book is for you if you are a newly appointed security team manager, director, or C-suite executive who is in the transition stage or new to the information security field and willing to empower yourself with the required knowledge. As a Cybersecurity professional, you can use this book to deepen your knowledge and understand your organization's overall security posture. Basic knowledge of information security or governance, risk, and compliance is required.

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