Cyber Risks for Business Professionals: A Management Guide

by Rupert Kendrick

Overview

An effective risk management strategy is vital to your company’s survival

The Internet has revolutionised business process and practice. However, having an online presence exposes your business to new risks. Inadequate security will probably lead to the theft of customer data and, in the event of technological failure or a cyber attack, your business could lose its ability to function altogether. An effective risk management strategy that balances such risks with the benefits is therefore vital.

Understand the origins of cyber risks and develop suitable strategies to manage them

Cyber Risks for Business Professionals: A Management Guide exposes the origins of cyber risks and shows how to develop suitable strategies to manage them. Covering the relevant legislation on information security and data protection, the author combines legal expertise with a solid, practical grasp of the latest developments in IT to give a comprehensive overview of a highly complex subject.

Examining the operational and technological risks

The book considers the operational and technological risks alongside legal and compliance issues, making the book valuable reading for legal and finance professionals, as well as company directors and business executives.

Manage the risks

This book also introduces you to solutions that you can deploy to improve your information security, such as encryption and digital watermarking. It also looks at how you can monitor and control e-mail to prevent the leaking of sensitive information.

This book will help you to:

• Understand the nature of the risks that come with being online
• Enable you to develop a risk management strategy
• Gain an appreciation of the legal issues related to cyber risk
• Exploit the benefits of online business while minimising the associated threats

Buy this book today and start building a cyber-risk management strategy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849281430
Publisher:	IT Governance Ltd
Publication date:	10/28/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	305
File size:	519 KB

About the Author

Rupert Kendrick was for many years a partner in a medium-sized law firm in the Home Counties. He worked for ten years in legal publishing, both as a writer and as an editor. He holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Legal Practice, for which he researched the question of the effect of the Internet on how law firms choose to market themselves. His earlier book, Managing Cyber-Risks, examines the major risks that law firms need to address when they offer legal advice and information over the Internet. Rupert Kendrick is now a director of the risk management consultancy, Web4Law Ltd, where he offers consulting services, principally on IT issues.

Rupert Kendrick was for many years a partner in a medium-sized law firm in the Home Counties. He worked for ten years in legal publishing, both as a writer and as an editor. He holds a Master’s degree in Advanced Legal Practice, for which he researched the question of the effect of the Internet on how law firms choose to market themselves. His earlier book, Managing Cyber-Risks, examines the major risks that law firms need to address when they offer legal advice and information over the Internet. Rupert Kendrick is now a director of the risk management consultancy, Web4Law Ltd, where he offers consulting services, principally on IT issues.