Principles of incident response and disaster recovery / Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contingency planning within information security -- Planning for organizational readiness -- Incident response: preparation, organization, and prevention -- Incident response: detection and decision making -- Incident response: reaction, recovery, and maintenance -- Contingency strategies for business resumption planning -- Disaster recovery: preparation and implementation -- Disaster recovery: operation and maintenance -- Business continuity preparation and implementation -- Business continuity operations and maintenance -- Crisis management and human factors -- Security incident handling -- Sample contingency plan template -- Crisis Management Plan for hierarchical access, ltd.

"Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery provides a comprehensive treatment of contingency planning, including the components of Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, and Crisis Management. It offers a thorough treatment of planning processes for each are and provides students with a focus on the managerial issues associated with each area."--Jacket.