Information security risk assessment toolkit : practical assessments through data collection and data analysis / Mark Talabis, Jason Martin.

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Ch. 1. Information Security Risk Assessments -- Ch. 2. Information Security Risk Assessment: A Practical Approach -- Ch. 3. Information Security Risk Assessment: Data Collection -- Ch. 4. Information Security Risk Assessment Data Analysis -- Ch. 5. Information Security Risk Assessment: Risk Assessment -- Ch. 6. Information Security Risk Assessment: Risk Prioritization and Treatment -- Ch. 7. Information Security Risk Assessment: Reporting -- Ch. 8. Information Security Risk Assessment: Maintenance and Wrap Up.

In order to protect company's information assets such as sensitive customer records, health care records, et cetera, the security practitioner first needs to find out: what needs protected, what risks those assets are exposed to, what controls are in place to offset those risks, and where to focus attention for risk treatment. This is the true value and purpose of information security risk assessments. Effective risk assessments are meant to provide a defendable analysis of residual risk associated with your key assets so that risk treatment options can be explored. "Information Security Risk Assessments" gives you the tools and skills to get a quick, reliable, and thorough risk assessment for key stakeholders. It is based on authors' experiences of real-world assessments, reports, and presentations. It focuses on implementing a process, rather than theory, that allows you to derive a quick and valuable assessment. It includes a companion web site with spreadsheets you can utilize to create and maintain the risk assessment.