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Book description * Shows step-by-step how to complete a customized security improvement plan, including analyzing needs, justifying budgets, and selecting technology, while dramatically reducing time and cost
* Includes worksheets at every stage for creating a comprehensive security plan meaningful to management and technical staff
* Uses practical risk management techniques to intelligently assess and manage the network security risks facing your organization
* Presents the material in a witty and lively style, backed up by solid business planning methods
* Companion Web site provides all worksheets and the security planning template
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Review:Bruce Schneier reviews security in America two years after 9/11 in this book, and uses this as a prime example of security measures, security theatre and how to evaluate security measures. Schneier promotes logical thinking about security and uses statistics to show that we should be worrying a lot more about car safety than about possible terrorism.
Schneier shows possible (and very likely) hidden agendas in security measures implemented after 9/11.
This book is very readable, even for someone not experienced in threat-analysis and security-analysis. Using simple examples from everyday life, Schneier makes his point and explains the reasoning.
If you want to read one book about security, read his book "Secrets and Lies". If you wa...
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(Review by Koos van den Hout)
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