The demand for cybersecurity expertise is growing phenomenally; enhancing cybersecurity project skills will boost technology professionals' careers and improve organizational cybersecurity readiness.
Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management provides an end-to-end framework tuned for cybersecurity projects. More experienced cybersecurity professionals will appreciate the innovative and lean elements of this approach. The reader is guided through the delivery, management, and optimization approach that increases the probability of cybersecurity project success.
Cybersecurity project management in Shields Up brings together international frameworks such as the Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, ITIL 4 Service Management, the ISO 27001 Information Security Management, ISO 31000 Risk Management, and ISO 9000 Quality Management. A key benefit of this book is the reader can quickly apply the hybrid project management approach since it combines global frameworks already followed by cybersecurity professionals leading to successful projects. Never before has cybersecurity project management been so important.
About the Author :
Gregory J. Skulmoski, BEd, MBA, PhD, CITP, FBCS, is a seasoned (and bruised!) project manager who has led technical and non-technical projects in Australia, the Middle East, and Canada, with about $10 billion project experience. He is a Certified Information Technology Professional and a Lifetime Member of the British Computer Society.
Dr Skulmoski teaches project innovation management at Bond University. Greg's teaching focus is on practical processes and tools to successfully implement, manage, and optimize technology. Greg used the hybrid project management approach to win the Chief Information Security Officers 2017 Middle East Security Award. Dr Skulmoski brings experience, theory, standards, and practice together in his book, Shields Up: Cybersecurity Project Management, to successfully deliver cybersecurity projects.
Review :
"Shields Up is a truly unique resource." - Professor Craig Langston, Project Management
"A must-read for all IT project managers." - Jason Roos, Chief Information Officer
