Managing Information Security Risks: The OCTAVESM Approach

Acknowledgments

Writing a book requires an intense effort. We would like to acknowledge the support of everyone who helped us in writing this book, without which we would never have been able to complete it.

The following people spent countless hours reviewing the material in this book and providing invaluable feedback: Julia Allen, Rich Caralli, Jeff Collmann, Carol A. Sledge, Andrew Moore, William Wilson, and Carol Woody.

We would especially like to thank Rich Pethia, program manager of the Networked Systems Survivability Program, and William Wilson, technical manager of the Survivable Enterprise Management Team, for their encouragement and support of our work. Such an ambitious project requires unwavering support from management, and we are ...