Information Protection Playbook

The primary goal of the Information Protection Playbook is to serve as a comprehensive resource for information protection (IP) professionals who must provide adequate information security at a reasonable cost. It emphasizes a holistic view of IP: one that protects the applications, systems, and networks that deliver business information from failures of confidentiality, integrity, availability, trust and accountability, and privacy.

Using the guidelines provided in the Information Protection Playbook, security and information technology (IT) managers will learn how to implement the five functions of an IP framework: governance, program planning, risk management, incident response management, and program administration. These functions are based on a model promoted by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and validated by thousands of Certified Information Security Managers. The five functions are further broken down into a series of objectives or milestones to be achieved in order to implement an IP framework.

The extensive appendices included at the end of the book make for an excellent resource for the security or IT manager building an IP program from the ground up. They include, for example, a board of directors presentation complete with sample slides; an IP policy document checklist; a risk prioritization procedure matrix, which illustrates how to classify a threat based on a scale of high, medium, and low; a facility management self-assessment questionnaire; and a list of representative job descriptions for roles in IP.

The Information Protection Playbook is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

• Emphasizes information protection guidelines that are driven by business objectives, laws, regulations, and industry standards
• Draws from successful practices in global organizations, benchmarking, advice from a variety of subject-matter experts, and feedback from the organizations involved with the Security Executive Council
• Includes 11 appendices full of the sample checklists, matrices, and forms that are discussed in the book

Mid- to upper-level security and information technology managers; security and information technology practitioners; students enrolled in two- and four-year college programs for security or computer science

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

What is a Playbook?

About the Information Protection Playbook

IP Program

Introduction

Assumptions

IP Strategy

Chapter 1. Information Protection Function One: Governance

Implementation One: Strategic Management

Implementation Two: Reporting and Communication

Implementation Three: Policies

Implementation Four: Regulations and Compliance Management

Implementation Five: Roles and Responsibilities

Implementation Six: Procedures and Guidelines

Implementation Seven: Portfolio Management

Governance Improvement

Additional Information

Chapter 2. Information Protection Function Two: Program Planning

BASELINES, STANDARDS, Procedures, and Guidelines

Accountability and Resources

Metrics

For More Information

Chapter 3. Information Protection Function Three: Risk Management

Risk Assessment

Risk Communication Procedure

Risk Management Methodologies

For More Information

Chapter 4. Information Protection Function Four: Incident Response Management

Process

Plans, Exercises, Activation, Documentation, and Improvement

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Chapter 5. Information Protection Function Five: Program Administration

Compliance

Metrics

Change Management

Awareness

Key Points

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Appendix A. Playbook Summary

What’s Here

How to Use This Appendix

Summary

Appendix B. Board of Directors Presentation

What’s Here

How to Use This Appendix

Example Presentation

Appendix C. Information Protection Policies Checklist

What’s Here

How to Use This Appendix

Example Policy Documents

Example Data Classification Policy Elements

Appendix