Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "How to sell risk assessment benefits to IT execs"
This article is part of the March 2004 issue of Screen test: App-layer controls beef up perimeter firewalls
Justifying Risk Assessments Plug Security Holes Determine Security Requirements Justify Spending Review Purchases Improve Planning See the Big Picture Increase Motivation Sell Infosecurity Preempt Surprises Document Due Diligence Scrutinizing expenses is a primary responsibility of senior executives. They won't approve a single purchase order unless you show a benefit. As a security manager, you know that organization-wide security risk assessments are expensive. Examiners and auditors from the Big 4 will charge huge fees -- as much as $500 per hour -- to comb your network for vulnerabilities, inefficiencies and noncompliance with security policies and standards. And what do you get for it? A big stack of paper filled with barely comprehensible technobabble. The corner office can't easily appreciate that. You know you need a risk assessment to show that you're secure and to find the problems that expose your enterprise to risk. But how do you sell your CFO on that expensive proposition? My advice: Use these 10 risk assessment benefits to show that a risk ... Access >>>
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Risk assessment methodology: Anatomy of the risk assessment process
by Charles Cresson Wood
A risk assessment will provide focused information about threats, how well you're protected against those threats and what's missing from your security program.
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2004: Evaluating top firewalls for application-layer attack defense
by Joel Snyder
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Firewall comparison: Packet-filtering firewalls versus proxy firewalls
by Joel Snyder, Contributing Writer
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The most basic steps on how to secure your router.
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How to sell risk assessment benefits to IT execs
by Charles Cresson Wood
Need to justify the expense and effort of a risk assessment? Security policy guru Charles Cresson Wood spells out 10 risk assessment benefits to convince your boss.
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Firewall comparison: Packet-filtering firewalls versus proxy firewalls
by Joel Snyder, Contributing Writer
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