Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 6

Best Practices Standards.

1. Visit the InfoSec Reading Room at SANS.oig(www.sans.org/rr).

2. Search for documented best practices in information security.

3. What types of best practices are commonly documented?

4. How could you incorporate these best practices into the development of a security manual?

5. How would you distribute these to personnel requiring the information?

Step 1 of 5

Standards

1. Open any web browser such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. In the address bar, type the specified web address which opens the webpage SANS InfoSec Reading Room- Best Practices. The screenshot of the webpage in Google Chrome is as follows: