Managing Information Security: Studies from real life

FOREWORD

In 1992, a business acquaintance of mine introduced me to something he called ‘the ultimate book on information security’. It turned out to be a guide written by a retired NSA officer with a tendency to talk a little bit more than would probably have been allowed in the terms of the NDAs he had once signed. This, of course, was all the more appreciated by those listening to him. The book focused entirely on written information, and had originally been published in the late 80s or early 90s, a time when I started to use punch card paper as notepaper because there was no longer any use for it in the large IT centres. Much as I respected the retired NSA officer, I felt uncomfortable because the book, even though it was only about 20 years ...