Defending the Digital Frontier: A Security Agenda

by Sajay Rai, Mark W. Doll, Jose Granado

"The charge of securing corporate America falls upon its business leaders. This book, offered by Ernst & Young and written by Mark Doll, Sajay Rai, and Jose Granado, is not only timely, but comprehensive in outlook and broad in scope. It addresses many of the critical security issues facing corporate America today and should be read by responsible senior management." --Former Mayor of New York, Rudolph W. Giuliani "To achieve the highest possible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471221449
• ISBN13: 9780471221449
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Answered Prayer

I've been in the business game for a long time (26 yrs). During that time I've learned many things, sometimes willingly, sometimes by force. I have to admit that I was resistant to the idea of adopting the internet, especially when it came to transacting with my clients and customers. As we've all learned though, with digital and internet technologies growing by leaps and bounds, its a necessary evil. So being my pesimist self I've become semi-obsessed with understanding as many aspects of digital security, because if I don't understand it, then I can't very well expect my clients to have faith in my promises, can I?"Defending the Digital Frontier: A Security Agenda" is the first book i've read, and I've read plenty, that is written so the right people can understand it. The "techies" already understand this stuff, but the people who make the decisions (e.g. how much budget those techies get to keep your netwrok secure), like the CEO and CFO, have never had it portrayed as a priority, like Mark Doll has been able to do in this book.I usually don't review books, but with all of the recent news about networks being compromised, like the 8 million credit cards stollen this past week, I felt it was my responsibility to make sure I said my piece. Buy it, read it, and use it, for yourself and for your customers.

A great book for Business Executives!

As an executive worrying about security, this book helped me understand the importance of a proper security strategy and how best to lay out a business, not technical plan for protecting my company. I highly recommend this book to any business executive who stays up at night thinking about security.

A Practical Guide to Developing A Security Program

With my corporation having worked with Ernst & Young's Security & Technology Solutions group over the years, my colleagues and I have come to respect them as among the most practical and knowledgeable security professionals in the field of IT security. Defending the Digital Frontier nicely reflects E & Y's experience and practices, providing easy-to-understand concepts and insights involving the implementation of a realistic security program.My only wish is that the book provided more case examples of actual corporate security incidents, including a description of the financial losses and other impacts experienced by the victimized company, plus how the event was handled (both right and wrong). Such "lessons learned" should be more widely communicated. Having companies as well as firms like E & Y share their security incident experiences would contribute greatly to improving our ability to properly respond to security threats.

Thank God Rudy is on our side!

Guiliani's endorsement cannot be more timely on one of America's most important issues! This book accurately communicates to executives the real threats that can come from digital sources. The author makes the best attempt I've ever seen to communicate to executives what they should do but Guiliani's passionate call to action seems to be the highlight of this book. I can only hope that the conscientious executive will read past the politics and rhetoric and implement this author's vision of security.

A must read for the c-suite

If you're an IT professional don't buy this book for your own library -- buy it for your boss! Mark Doll and company have written one of the few books that make the case for establishing true security procedures as part of a bottom line business strategy. This is not a book about what might happen, it's a book about what IS happening right now and what business leaders need to do to prepare.