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The IT regulatory and standards compliance handbook [electronic resource] / Craig Wright, Brian Freedman, Dale Liu

Author
Wright, Craig (Craig Steven)
Published
Burlington, MA : Syngress Pub., [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
xlii, 715 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Freedman, Brian, Liu, Dale, and ScienceDirect (Online service)
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Contents
Section 1: An Introduction to Information Systems Audit -- Chapter 1 ? Introduction; Chapter 2 - Evolution of Information Systems; Chapter 3 - The Information Systems Audit Program; Chapter 4 ? Planning; Chapter 5 - Information Gathering ; Chapter 6 ? Basic Auditing strategies and Techniques -- Section 2: Security Policy and Procedures -- Chapter 7 ? Security Policy overview; Chapter 8 ? Policy Issues and fundamentals; Chapter 9 - Policy Development; Chapter 10 - Assessing Security Awareness and Knowledge of Policy; Chapter 11 - Reviewing & Assessing Information Systems Policy and Procedures -- Section 3: Network Auditing -- Chapter 12 ? An introduction to Network Audit; Chapter 13 ? Specialist Network Audit Topics; Chapter 14 ? Auditing Cisco Routers and Switches; Chapter 15 - Testing the Firewall -- Chapter 16 ? An Introduction to Wireless Technologies; Chapter 17 ?Wireless Audit Techniques; Chapter 18 ? Advanced Wireless Audit Techniques; Chapter 19 - Analyzing The Results -- Section 4: Systems Audit -- Chapter 20 - An Introduction to Systems Auditing; Chapter 21 ? Database Auditing; Chapter 22 ? Microsoft Windows Security and Audits; Chapter 23 ? Unix and Linux Audit; Chapter 24 - Auditing Web-Based Applications; Chapter 25 ? Other Systems -- Section 5: Other Issues for the Auditor -- Chapter 26 - Risk Management, Security Compliance and Audit Controls; Chapter 27 - Information Systems Legislation; Chapter 28 -Operations Security; Chapter 29 ? Cryptography; Chapter 30 ? Malware -- Appendix A - Preliminary Checklist to Gather Information; Appendix B - Generic Questionnaire for Meetings with Business Process Owners; Appendix C - Generic Questionnaire for Meetings with Technology Owners; Appendix D ? Network and Systems Checklists; Appendix E - Data Classification; Appendix F - Data Retention; Appendix G - Backup and Recovery; Appendix H - Externally Hosted Services; Appendix I ? Assessing Physical Security; Appendix J - Incident Handling and Response; Appendix K - Change Management; Appendix L ? Sarbanes Oxley (SOX); Appendix M ? PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry ? Data Security Standards); Appendix N - ISO/IEC 17799/27001: Policy, ISMS & Awareness; Appendix O ? Financial Services Requirements (BASEL II, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999); Appendix P ? FISMA; Appendix Q - HIPAA Security; Appendix R ? CobiT. and Introduction to IT compliance -- Evolution on information systems -- The information systems audit program -- Planning -- Information gathering -- Security policy overview -- Policy issues and fundamentals -- Assessing security awareness and knowledge of policy -- An introduction to network audit -- Auditing Cisco routers and switches -- Testing the firewall -- Auditing and security with wireless technologies -- Analyzing the results -- An introduction to systems auditing -- Database auditing -- Microsoft Windows security and audits -- Auditing UNIX and Linux -- Auditing web-bases applications -- Other systems -- Risk management, security compliance, and audit controls -- Information systems legislation -- Operations security.
Summary
This book provides comprehensive methodology, enabling the staff charged with an IT security audit to create a sound framework, allowing them to meet the challenges of compliance in a way that aligns with both business and technical needs. This "roadmap" provides a way of interpreting complex, often confusing, compliance requirements within the larger scope of an organization's overall needs. Key Features: * The ulitmate guide to making an effective security policy and controls that enable monitoring and testing against them * The most comprehensive IT compliance template available, giving detailed information on testing all your IT security, policy and governance requirements * A guide to meeting the minimum standard, whether you are planning to meet ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPPA, FISCAM, COBIT or any other IT compliance requirement * Both technical staff responsible for securing and auditing information systems and auditors who desire to demonstrate their technical expertise will gain the knowledge, skills and abilities to apply basic risk analysis techniques and to conduct a technical audit of essential information systems from this book * This technically based, practical guide to information systems audit and assessment will show how the process can be used to meet myriad compliance issues.
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ISBN
9781597492669
1597492663
Note
"How to survive an information systems audit and assessments"--Cover.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 14, 2008). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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