Implementing Cybersecurity: How to Use Security Concepts and Street Smarts to Secure Your IT Systems: How to Use Security Concepts and Street Smarts to Secure Your IT Systems

This book shows how to use cybersecurity concepts and "street skills" effectively to implement security for your information technology (IT) systems. It explains how to use the automated tools available; how to tailor security controls; how to gain additional resources and support; and how to leverage people and processes to secure and maintain the security of their systems. Successful cybersecurity is about establishing ownership for the solutions by the key stakeholders and obtaining the required solutions and resources to make their systems secure. This requires street skills: facilitation, leadership, motivation, and sales techniques, skills which the book clearly presents.

Table of Contents:
Prologue: What Is the Book About? Motivation: Why Implement Cybersecurity? Risk: How Much is Enough? Controls: How to Secure. Efficiency: Leveraging the Concepts. Processes: Past Approaches to Identify and Implement Cybersecurity. Recommended Process: The Efficient/Effective Process. Summary: Go Forth and Secure! Appendices: Resources and References.

About the Author :
James Litchko, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, MBCI, CMAS, Senior Security Expert, Litchko & Associates, Inc.The author has been working as an information technology (IT) security expert for over 30 years. He created and taught the first graduate computer security course as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University for ten years and was a project manager and executive at National Security Agency (NSA) for five years. Career Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) and Cryptologist in the U.S. Navy, he served on naval ships, aircraft, and joint and combined commands supporting the African, Middle East, Pacific and European theaters. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (the other NSA) for five years. He has supervised and supported the securing of over 300 military, government and commercial IT systems. He has supported the securing of IT systems at DHS, NRC, VHA, NASA, DOE, EPA, GAO, USDA, USAF, DOJ, FEMA, and over 20 commercial companies using DIACAP, C&A and RMF processes. Currently, he is the senior security expert for Litchko & Associates and is a Certified (ISC)2 Instructor teaching the Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Information System Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP), and Certification and Accreditation Professional (CAP) review courses, and DIACAP, DoD RMF and Continuous Monitoring courses for (ISC)2, Digital Government Institute, and Global Knowledge. Jim holds a Masters degree from Johns Hopkins University and has authored four books on security and management topics: DoD RMF Manual, FISMA Authorization Process Guide: A Review for the (ISC)2® CAP® Certification Exam, KNOW IT Security, KNOW Your Life, and co-authored (ISC)2's Official Information System Security Management Professional, Cyber Threat Levels Response Handbook, and Know Cyber Risk. His DoD RMF Manual and FISMA Authorization Process Guide are used by four training companies as their course material for teaching in the United States and Europe.