Cybersecurity : The Essential Body Of Knowledge

Provides a comprehensive framework of practices for assuring information security, told through a real-world story and based on the Department of Homeland Security's Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK) for IT Security.

CYBERSECURITY: THE ESSENTIAL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE provides a comprehensive, trustworthy framework of practices for assuring information security. This book is organized to help readers understand how the various roles and functions within cybersecurity practice can be combined and leveraged to produce a secure organization.In this unique book, concepts are not presented as stagnant theory; instead, the content is interwoven in a real world adventure story that runs throughout. In the story, a fictional company experiences numerous pitfalls of cyber security and the reader is immersed in the everyday practice of securing the company through various characters'' efforts. This approach grabs learners'' attention and assists them in visualizing the application of the content to real-world issues that they will face in their professional life.Derived from the Department of Homeland Security''s Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK) for IT Security, this book is an indispensable resource dedicated to understanding the framework, roles, and competencies involved with information security.