Chapter 21

Information Security Essentials for IT Managers

Protecting Mission-Critical Systems

Albert Caballero,    Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

1 Information Security Essentials for it Managers, Overview

Information security management as a field is ever increasing in demand and responsibility because most organizations spend increasingly larger percentages of their IT budgets in attempting to manage risk and mitigate intrusions, not to mention the trend in many enterprises of moving all IT operations to an Internet-connected infrastructure, known as enterprise cloud computing.1 For information security managers, it is crucial to maintain a clear perspective of all the areas of business that require protection. Through collaboration with all business ...

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