1st Edition
Security and Control in Information Systems A Guide for Business and Accounting
By Andrew Hawker
Copyright 2000
348 Pages
by
Routledge
346 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
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Routledge
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With the advent of electronic commerce, and the increasing sophistication of the information systems used in business organizations, control and security have become key management issues. Responsibility for ensuring that controls are well designed and properly managed can no longer simply be delegated to the technical experts. It has become an area in which the whole management team needs to be... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Threats and Risks 1.Information under Threat 2.Risk Appraisal Part 2:Controls for Internal Services 3.Computerised Controls: the Organizational Context 4.Access Controls 5.Controls within Business Processes Part 3:Controls for Networked Services 6.Controls for Network Communications 7.Managing Security for Network Services 8.Controls for Local Area Networks and Small Systems Part 4:Business Continuity and Archiving 9.Business Continuity 10.Controls for Archived Data Part 5:Computer Audit 11.Computer Audit:Introduction of New Systems 12.Computer Audit: Control of Existing Systems 13.Computer Forensics Part 6:Regulation and Standards 14.Security Standards and Codes of Practice.
Biography
Andrew Hawker worked for fifteen years in the computer industry, and has written numerous articles on privacy and security issues. He is currently a lecturer in Information Systems at the Birmingham Business School.
'Touching on important aspects such as the Data Protection Act and the Misuse of Computers Act - it would be a great surprise to me if Security and Control in Information Systems did not become a standard work in the field of IT in general, and for students of IT and information systems in particular. - Security Managment Today
