Reference no: EM133669749

Applied Information Security Management

Assessment - Research Essay

Research the topic of Information Security Management from quality sources and write a research essay consisting of no more than 2500 words (including references) on the topic of The Need for Information Security Management for Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs).

Your essay should generally explore each of the topics listed below and describe and discuss issues relating to introducing and implementing information security regimes in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) against implementation in much larger organisations.

You will be assessed on these key criteria:

Topics that may be appropriate to discuss include:
o Justifying the need for sound information security management in SMEs
o Incident response management and disaster recovery
o Mobile device security management
o Linking business objectives with security
o Biometric security devices and their usefulness
o Ethical issues in information security management
o Security training and education
o Defending against information security attacks
o Industrial espionage and competitive intelligence gathering
o Govemance issues in information security management
o Personnel issues in Information security
o Physical security issues in Information security
o Cyber forensic incident response
o Project management in information security
o Implementing SETA programs

You must produce a research essay based on the work of credible and relevant authors (not your gut-feeling about information security management) and must be fully referenced. In order to comply with the word restriction and cover the topics listed above or equivalent, you will need to be extremely clear and succinct in your writing. Few marks will be awarded for vague or broad sweeping statements and other kinds of 'padding'.