Information Security Management Handbook: Volume 1, Edition 6

Harold F. Tipton · Micki Krause

May 2007 · CRC Press

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Considered the gold-standard reference on information security, the Information Security Management Handbook provides an authoritative compilation of the fundamental knowledge, skills, techniques, and tools required of today's IT security professional. Now in its sixth edition, this 3200 page, 4 volume stand-alone reference is organized under the C

About the author

Harold F. Tipton, CISSP, currently an independent consultant and past president of the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2, was Director of Computer Security for Rockwell International Corporation for 15 years. He initiated the Rockwell computer and data security program in 1977, and he continued to administer, develop, enhance, and expand the program to accommodate the control needs produced by technological advances until his retirement from Rockwell in 1994. He became a member of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) in 1982, and he served as president of the Los Angeles Chapter in 1984. From 1987 to 1989, he served as president of the national organization of ISSA. He was added to the ISSA Hall of Fame and the ISSA Honor Role in 2000. He received the Computer Security Institute “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1994 and the (ISC)2 “Hal Tipton Award” in 2001. Micki Krause, CISSP, has held positions in the information security profession for the past 20 years. She currently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer at Pacific Life Insurance Company in Newport Beach, California, where she is accountable for directing its information protection and security program enterprise-wide. She has held several leadership roles in industry-influential groups, including the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the International Information System Security Certification Consortium. She is a long-term advocate for professional security education and certification.