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Risk Management – Chapter 2

Managing security is managing risk. As explained in Chapter 1, Security ensures the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets through the reasonable and appropriate

The Art of Writing Penetration Test Reports

You close the lid of your laptop; it’s been a productive couple of days. There are a few things that could be tightened up, but

Measuring the ROI of Security Training

Marc Winner hasn’t come up with a way to precisely measure the return on investment for security training. What he does know for certain, however,

Enterprise Security: A practitioner’s guide – Chapter 1

Chapter 1Security: A working definition Managing Risk Probability of Occurrence Business Impact Threat Sources Human Threats Geographic Threats Natural Threats Technical Threats Security as a

C&A: The Square Peg

This C&A related call for help is from Latonya in Washington, DC: Need help! I am desperately searching for an instruction that will exempt a

UEFI and the TPM: Building a foundation for platform trust

Table of Contents Trusted Computing Boot Path Security Challenges Boot Path Attack Surface The Trusted Memory Module (TPM) TPM Architecture and Functionality TPM Concepts and

Goodbye DIACAP, Hello DIARMF

When C&A becomes A&A, will you be ready? Every few months, an elite group of DoD security experts, IT managers, and senior leadership gather to

(ISC)2 CISSP requirements and exam changes on January 1, 2012

(ISC)2 is making several changes to the CISSP exam effective January 1st, 2012. This language was found on the ISC2 website; (ISC)² CBK Domain Name

IT Auditing and Controls – Database Technology and Controls

PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. A

IT Auditing and Controls – Infrastructure General Controls

PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. Infrastructure

ISO27002 Security Framework – Audit Program Template

Several people have asked for an IT Audit Program Template for an audit based on the ISO/IEC 27002:2005(E) security standard.  This template (which can be found

IT Auditing and Controls – A look at Application Controls

PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. Application

IT Auditing and Controls – Shared General and Application Controls

PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. Shared

IT Auditing and Controls – Internet and Web Technology

PORTIONS OF THIS ARTICLE INCLUDING MANY OF THE DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY HAVE BEEN SOURCED AND SUMMARIZED FROM ISACA.ORG and COURSE MANUALS PUBLISHED BY ISACA. Internet

IT Auditing and Controls – Information Technology Basics

Information Technology Basics In its most basic form, information technology (IT), can be reduced down to IPO.  No that’s not an Initial Public Offering, but

IT Auditing and Controls – IT Governance and Controls

“IT Governance and Controls” or “IT Monitoring and Assurance Practices for Board and Senior Management” Take your choice of titles of this article, but really

IT Auditing and Controls – Auditing Organizations, Frameworks and Standards

What is a standard?  Who defines standards?  Where do we as IT auditors come into contact with standards?  Which framework should we use to do

IT Auditing and Controls – Planning the IT Audit

Definition of IT audit – An IT audit can be defined as any audit that encompasses review and evaluation of automated information processing systems, related

IT Auditing and Controls – An Introduction

Introduction to IT Audit Auditing is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product, performed to ascertain the validity and reliability

IT Auditing and Controls – An Overview

So you want to be an IT Auditor….. Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be posting some ten articles to help

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