The phenomenal growth of internet connectivity, the increasing number of malicious and highly-publicised virus attacks and the risk of a 9/11-like terrorist attack on international information technology (“IT”) security infrastructures have all led to a renewed focus on the need to ensure a safe and secure computing environment. A sound IT infrastructure requires a critical understanding of legal risk liability issues, as well as proper management of digital evidence in cyber-crime cases.
E-Security Law & Strategy provides a concise and management-oriented legal guide on key aspects of information security and computer forensics, an emerging practice area that deals primarily with the management of digital evidence. Arguing that a structured and proactive legal risk management approach should be one of the central pillars of the organisation’s management of information security risks, the book demonstrates how an organisation’s failure to provide adequate security may expose such an organisation to negligence suits for breaching their duty of care to provide security services of a “reasonable” standard. The failure of organisations to manage electronic evidence effectively may undermine the efforts of law enforcement agencies in criminal prosecutions of hackers and other computer criminals. This may in turn weaken the overall information security infrastructure and policy environment.
This book seeks to:
identify legal risk issues in the design, development and management of IT security systems;
introduce key legal concepts in the protection and management of digital assets;
outline key legal risk management principles and strategies that organisations should adopt as part of their information security policy;
provide an overview of investigation processes and techniques when a computer crime is suspected to have been committed; and
provide a practical guide in the management of digital evidence to ensure that such evidence meets the legal standards and requirements in court proceedings.
Designed as a practical legal guide, E-Security Law & Strategy is an essential primer that IT professionals and business executives must have to operate effectively in this era of network insecurity. Legal practitioners in turn would find this book invaluable in providing a concise introduction to the legal principles in information security, investigation and digital evidence management.
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