Sunday, January 4, 2009

The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook or Go Technology in Action Complete

The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook: How to Survive Information Systems Audit and Assessments

Author: Craig S Wright

This book provides comprehensive methodology, enabling the staff charged with an IT security audit to create a sound framework, allowing them to meet the challenges of compliance in a way that aligns with both business and technical needs. This "roadmap" provides a way of interpreting complex, often confusing, compliance requirements within the larger scope of an organization's overall needs.

Key Features:

* The ulitmate guide to making an effective security policy and controls that enable monitoring and testing against them
* The most comprehensive IT compliance template available, giving detailed information on testing all your IT security, policy and governance requirements
* A guide to meeting the minimum standard, whether you are planning to meet ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPPA, FISCAM, COBIT or any other IT compliance requirement
* Both technical staff responsible for securing and auditing information systems and auditors who desire to demonstrate their technical expertise will gain the knowledge, skills and abilities to apply basic risk analysis techniques and to conduct a technical audit of essential information systems from this book
* This technically based, practical guide to information systems audit and assessment will show how the process can be used to meet myriad compliance issues



See also: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for Digital Photographers Only or Making Things Talk

Go! Technology in Action, Complete

Author: Alan Evans

A Computer Concepts Text Focused on Today’s Student! Technology in Action engages students by combining a unique teaching approach with rich companion media.


History of the personal computer, virtual computer tour, blogging, file compression and management, installing RAM, installing a computer network and firewall, PDA’s, computer architecture, creating and improving an Access database, and constructing a simple Web page.


For professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge of computer concepts and literacy.



Table of Contents:
 


Chapter 1 



Why Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate


 


Technology in Focus: The History of the PC


 


Chapter 2


Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts


 


Chapter 3


Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Web’s Resources


 


Technology in Focus: Information Technology Ethics


 


Chapter 4


Application Software: Programs that Let You Work and Play


 


Chapter 5


Using System Software: The Operating System, Utility Programs, and File Management


 


Technology in Focus: Computing Alternatives


 


Chapter 6


Understanding and Assessing Hardware: Evaluating Your System


 


Chapter 7


Networking and Security: Connecting Computers and Keeping Them Safe From Hackers and Viruses


 


Technology in Focus: Protecting Your Computer and Backing Up Your Data


 


Chapter 8


Mobile Computing: Keeping Your Data on Hand


 


Technology in Focus: Digital Entertainment


 


Chapter 9


Behind the Scenes: A Closer Look at System Hardware


 


Technology in Focus: Careers in IT


 


Chapter 10


Behind the Scenes: Software Programming


 


Chapter 11


Behind the Scenes: Databases and Information Systems


 


Chapter 12


Behind theScenes: Networking and Security


 


Chapter 13


Behind the Scenes: The Internet: How It Works


 


 

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