The Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Risks and Controls

Why Cybersecurity Management Is Important
Computing and Culture Shock
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Control-Based Information Governance, What It Is and How It Works
The Value of Formal Control
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A Survey of Control Frameworks, General Structure, and Application
What Is Information Security Governance?
IT Governance Frameworks—An Overview
IT Security Controls
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What Are Controls and Why Are They Important?
Picking Up Where Chapter 1 Left Off
Goal-Based Security Controls
Implementation-Based Security Controls
The Security Control Formulation and Development Process
Setting the Stage for Control Implementation through Security Architecture Design
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Implementing a Multitiered Governance and Control Framework in a Business
Constructing Practical Systems of Controls
Practical Implementation: How to Establish a Real, Working Control Framework
Ensuring Long-Term Control Capability
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Risk Management and Prioritization Using a Control Perspective
Ensuring that Risk Management Process Supports the Organization
The Five Elements of the Risk Management Process
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Control Formulation and Implementation Process
The Control Formulation Process
Creating and Documenting Control Objectives
Creating a Management-Level Control Process
Assessing Control Performance
Measurement-Based Assurance of Controls
Assessing and Remediating the Control Environment
Developing a Comprehensive ICT Control Program
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Security Control Validation and Verification
Security Control Assessment Fundamentals
NIST Security Control Assessment Process
Control Testing and Examination Application
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Control Framework Sustainment and Security of Operations
Operational Control Assurance: Aligning Purpose with Practice
Operational Assurance (Sensing)
Analysis
Response Management (Responding)
Operational Oversight and Infrastructure Assurance of Control Set Integrity
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Biography

Anne Kohnke, PhD, is an assistant professor of IT at Lawrence Technological University and teaches courses in both the information technology and organization development/change management disciplines at the bachelor through doctorate levels. Anne started as an adjunct professor in 2002 and joined the faculty full time in 2011. Her IT career started in the mid-1980s on a help desk, and over the years, Anne developed technical proficiency as a database administrator, network engineer, systems analyst, and technical project manager. After a decade, Anne was promoted to management and worked as an IT director, vice president of IT and chief information security officer (CISO). Her research focuses on cybersecurity, risk management, IT governance, and security countermeasures. Anne earned her PhD from Benedictine University.

Daniel P. Shoemaker, PhD, is principal investigator and senior research scientist at the University of Detroit Mercy’s Center for Cyber Security and Intelligence Studies. Dan has served 30 years as a professor at UDM with 25 of those years as department chair. He served as a co-chair for both the Workforce Training and Education and the Software and Supply Chain Assurance Initiatives for the Department of Homeland Security, and was a subject matter expert for the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework 2.0. Dan has coauthored six books in the field of cybersecurity and has authored more than one hundred journal publications. Dan earned his PhD from the University of Michigan.

Ken Sigler, MS, is a faculty member of the Computer Information Systems (CIS) program at the Auburn Hills campus of Oakland Community College in Michigan. His primary research is in the areas of software management, software assurance, and cloud computing. He developed the college’s CIS program option entitled "Information Technologies for Homeland Security." Until 2007, Ken served as the liaison for the college to the International Cybersecurity Education Coalition (ICSEC), of which he is one of three founding members. Ken is a member of IEEE, the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), and the Association for Information Systems (AIS).