Auditing the IT Security Function: An Effective Framework

Introduction As businesses have come to depend very much on their information systems in the last half a century, the importance of having those systems in a fit state to run has become paramount. Not only is good, reliable Electronic Data Processing vital but an increasingly important part of the equation involves the IT Security Function. Without secure information systems a company is vulnerable to exploits from outside as well as within. In recognition of …showed first 75 words of 3654 total…

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