Risk Management for Computer Security or Foundations and Public Policy

Risk Management for Computer Security: Protecting Your Network and Information Assets

Author: Andy Jones

The information systems security (InfoSec) profession remains one of the fastest growing professions in the world today. With the advent of the Internet and its use as a method of conducting business, even more emphasis is being placed on InfoSec. However, there is an expanded field of threats that must be addressed by today's InfoSec and information assurance (IA) professionals.
Operating within a global business environment with elements of a virtual workforce can create problems not experienced in the past. How do you assess the risk to the organization when information can be accessed, remotely, by employees in the field or while they are traveling internationally? How do you assess the risk to employees who are not working on company premises and are often thousands of miles from the office? How do you assess the risk to your organization and its assets when you have offices or facilities in a nation whose government may be supporting the theft of the corporate "crown jewels" in order to assist their own nationally owned or supported corporations? If your risk assessment and management program is to be effective, then these issues must be assessed.
Personnel involved in the risk assessment and management process face a much more complex environment today than they have ever encountered before.
This book covers more than just the fundamental elements that make up a good risk program. It provides an integrated "how to" approach to implementing a corporate program, complete with tested methods and processes; flowcharts; and checklists that can be used by the reader and immediately implemented into a computer and overall corporate security program. The challenges are manyand this book will help professionals in meeting their challenges as we progress through the 21st Century.

*Presents material in an engaging, easy-to-follow manner that will appeal to both advanced INFOSEC career professionals and network administrators entering the information security profession
*Addresses the needs of both the individuals who are new to the subject as well as of experienced professionals
*Provides insight into the factors that need to be considered & fully explains the numerous methods, processes & procedures of risk management

Book about: Great American Hypocrites or Paris 1919

Foundations and Public Policy: The Mask of Pluralism

Author: Joan Roelofs

Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political staus quo.

In this pathbreaking study of foundation influence, author Joan Roelofs produces a comprehensive picture of philanthropy's critical role in society. She shows how a vast number of policy innovations have arisen from the most important foundations, lessening the destructive impact of global marketization. Conversely, groups and movements that might challenge the status quo are nudged into line with grants and technical assistance, and foundations also have considerable power to shape such things as public opinion, higher education, and elite ideology. The cumulative effect is that foundations, despite their progressive goals, have a depoliticizing effect, one that preserves the hegemony of neoliberal institutions.

Author Biography: Joan Roelofs is Professor of Political Science at Keene State College. She is the author of Greening Cities: Building Just and Sustainable Communities.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	What Are Foundations?	7
3	Ideology and Information	27
4	Reforming Government	65
5	Market Supplement: Arts and Culture	81
6	Market Supplement: Social Welfare and the Economy	89
7	Foundations and the Legal System	101
8	Social Change Organizations	121
9	International Activities	157
10	Conclusions and Questions for Further Research	197
App. A	Inquiry Letter for Haymarket Research	211
App. B	Haymarket Research Questionnaire	213
App. C	Selected Groups Funded by Haymarket 1974-1978	215
	Notes	219
	Select Bibliography	249
	Index	259