1.7. Exam Essentials

Know the various aspects of information security.

Ensuring a secure network involves good design, implementation, and maintenance. The information in your organization is potentially vulnerable to both internal and external threats. Identify these threats and create methods of countering them before they happen.

Identify the potential physical, operational, and management policy decisions that affect your information security efforts.

It isn't good enough to have a plan if the plan is unsound or has gaping holes. You must make sure that the plans you develop and the procedures you follow to ensure security make sense for the organization and are effective in addressing the organization's needs.

Explain the relative advantages ...

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