Cybersecurity Investments

Decision Support Under Economic Aspects
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-30458-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 281 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 606 g

Reihe: Progress in IS

This book offers readers essential orientation on cybersecurity safeguards, and first and foremost helps them find the right balance between financial expenditures and risk mitigation. This is achieved by pursuing a multi-disciplinary approach that combines well-founded methods from economics and the computer sciences. Established decision making techniques are embedded into a walk-through for the complete lifecycle of cybersecurity investments. Insights into the economic aspect of the costs and benefits of cybersecurity are supplemented by established and innovative economic indicators. Readers will find practical tools and techniques to support reasonable decision making in cybersecurity investments. Further, they will be equipped to encourage a common understanding using economic aspects, and to provide cost transparency for the senior management.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beissel, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Computersicherheit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Foundations of Cybersecurity.- Cybersecurity Safeguards.- Economic Aspects.- Foundations of Decision Making.- Lifecycle of Cybersecurity Investments.- Summary.

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Beissel, Ph.D., MBA, CISA, CISSP, PMP, holds a professorship in Information Systems at a university of applied sciences in Germany. He has many years of professional experience in Information Security and IT Audit at internationally operating companies.