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NCJ Number: NCJ 120910  
Title: Managing Information Security: Administrative, Electronic, and Legal Measures To Protect Business Information
Author(s): J A Schweitzer
Sale: Butterworth-Heinemann
225 Wildwood Ave
Woburn, MA 01801-2041
United States
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 206
Type: Overview texts
Origin: United States
Language: English
Publication No.: ISBN 0-409-90195-4
Note: 2nd edition
Annotation: This text explains why information is valuable and describes the business and legal reasons for establishing competent information protection programs.
Abstract: It explains the categories of information risks and the sources and nature of attacks on information. It also presents innovative approaches to security, based on the author's years of experience at major corporations. The classification of information, the use of classification to manage and protect information, and the role of the law on trade secrets are also explained. The discussion includes examples of actual policies and information security standards and discusses the technical aspects of information security management, including public key encryption and computer viruses. Figures, index, 25 references; and appended security survey, checklist, and related information are included.
Main Term(s): Data security
Index Term(s): Security systems ; Computer crime prevention measures ; Security management ; Security surveys
 
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