Effective Cybersecurity : A Guide to Using Best Practices and Standards

In Effective Cybersecurity, William Stallings introduces the technology, operational procedures, and management practices needed for successful cybersecurity. Stallings makes extensive use of standards and best practices documents that are often used toguide or mandate cybersecurity implementation. Going beyond these, he offers in-depth tutorials on the 'how' of implementation, integrated into a unified framework and realistic plan of action. Effective Cybersecurity aligns with the comprehensive Information Security Forum document 'The Standard of Good Practice for Information Security,' extending ISF's work with extensive insights from ISO, NIST, COBIT, other official standards and guidelines, and modern professional, academic, and industry literature. This knowledge is indispensable to every cybersecurity professional. Stallings presents it systematically and coherently, making it practical and actionable--Back cover.