Readings & Cases in Information Security: Law & Ethics / Edition 1

by Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord

Overview

READINGS AND CASES IN INFORMATION SECURITY: LAW & ETHICS can be used to support several courses in the Information Security curriculum, including Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Risk Management, Principles of Information Security, Ethics in Security, and Management of Information Security. The chapters are interspersed with both a variety of case problems designed to stimulate in class and written discussions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435441576
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	06/23/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D., C.I.S.M., C.I.S.S.P., is the executive director of the Institute for Cybersecurity Workforce Development and a professor of information security at Kennesaw State University. In 2004, 2007, 2012 and 2015, under Dr. Whitman's direction the Center for Information Security Education spearheaded K.S.U. s successful bid for the prestigious National Center of Academic Excellence recognitions (CAE/IAE and CAE/CDE), awarded jointly by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency. Dr. Whitman is also the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cybersecurity Education and Research and Practice and director of the Southeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Dr. Whitman is an active researcher and author in information security policy, threats, curriculum development and ethical computing. He currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in information security. Dr. Whitman has several information security textbooks currently in print, including PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY; PRINCIPLES OF INCIDENT RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY; MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY; READINGS AND CASES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY, VOLUMES I AND II; THE HANDS-ON INFORMATION SECURITY LAB MANUAL; THE GUIDE TO NETWORK SECURITY and THE GUIDE TO FIREWALLS AND NETWORK SECURITY. He has published articles in Information Systems Research, the Communications of the ACM, the Journal of International Business Studies, Information and Management and the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Dr. Whitman is a member of the Information Systems Security Association, ISACA and the Association for Information Systems. Previously, Dr. Whitman served the U.S. Army as an armored cavalry officer with additional duties as the automated data processing system security officer (ADPSSO).


Herbert Mattord, Ph.D., C.I.S.M., C.I.S.S.P., completed 24 years of IT industry experience as an application developer, database administrator, project manager and information security practitioner before joining the faculty at Kennesaw State University, where he serves as a professor of information security and assurance and cybersecurity. Dr. Mattord currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses. He is also a senior editor of the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice. He and Dr. Michael Whitman have authored PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION SECURITY; PRINCIPLES OF INCIDENT RESPONSE AND DISASTER RECOVERY; MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY; READINGS AND CASES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY; THE GUIDE TO NETWORK SECURITY and THE HANDS-ON INFORMATION SECURITY LAB MANUAL. Dr. Mattord is an active researcher, author and consultant in information security management and related topics. He has published articles in the Information Resources Management Journal, Journal of Information Security Education, the Journal of Executive Education and the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking. Dr. Mattord is a member of the Information Systems Security Association, ISACA, and the Association for Information Systems. During his career as an IT practitioner, Dr. Mattord was an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University, Southern Polytechnic State University, Austin Community College and Texas State University: San Marcos. He was formerly the manager of corporate information technology security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where he acquired much of the practical knowledge found in this and his other textbooks.

Table of Contents

Part I: PREFACE & INTRODUCTION. Part II: RUNNING CASE: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND. Part III: PERSONNEL & PRIVACY. Reading: Data Privacy: Is it Possible? John H. Nugent, Texas Women's University, Case: Technology Department and a Human Resources Department: A Case Study and Analysis. Jeffrey M. Stanton. Syracuse University. Case: IT Ethics and Security in an IT Certification Project. Jeffrey P. Landry, University of South Alabama. J. Harold Pardue, University of South Alabama. Reading: An Etymological View of Ethical Hacking. Michael Whitman, Kennesaw State University. Running Case. Part IV: RISK MANAGEMENT. Reading: CYBER Insurance and Residual Information Risk Management Tridib Bandyopadhyay, Kennesaw State University. Paper: Rethinking Risk-based Security. Herbert Mattord, Kennesaw State University. Case: Video Maze. Patricia Morrison, Cape Breton University. Running Case. Part V: MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY TECHNOLOGY. Reading: Cryptography Algorithms Standards: A Guideline for Management. Wasim A Al-Hamdani, Kentucky State University. Reading: Cyber Terrorism: Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and U.S. Policy Tridib Bandyopadhyay, Kennesaw State University. Case: Advanced Topologies, Inc. Reading: Web Applications: Vulnerabilities and Remediation Shankar Babu Chebrolu, Cisco Systems Vinay K. Bansal, Cisco Systems. Reading: Managing Secure Database Systems Li Yang, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Running Case. Part VI: INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT. Case: Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Security Metrics Jennifer L. Bayuk, Stevens Institute of Technology, School of Systems and Enterprises. Reading: Impact of Incomplete or Missing Information in a Security Policy Wasim A Al-Hamdani, Kentucky State University Wendy Dixie, Kentucky State University. Case: Using Laws for Federal Agencies to Investigate Legal and Ethical Management of Information Security Jeffrey P. Landry, University of South Alabama. Case: The Law in Information Security Management Katherine H. Winters, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Running Case. Part VII: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT. Reading: Security Compliance Auditing: Review and Research Directions Guillermo A. Francia, III, Jacksonville State University Jeffrey S. Zanzig, Jacksonville State University. Reading: Global Information Security Regulations, Case Studies and Cultural Issues Guillermo A. Francia, III, Jacksonville State University Andrew P. Ciganek, Jacksonville State University. Case: Collaboration and Compliance in Healthcare: A Threat Modeling Case Study. Divakaran Liginlal, University of South Alabama, Lara Z. Khansa, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Jeffrey P. Landry, University of South Alabama. Running Case.