IT Governance Blog on IT governance, risk management, compliance and information security.

IT Governance Publishing (ITGP), the specialist publishing arm of information security experts IT Governance, is bringing the principles of Sun Tzu’s classic text, The Art of War, to the fight against cybercrime.

ITGP’s latest book, Assessing Information Security: Strategies, Tactics, Logic and Framework, argues that the art of war, and the art of information security, are more closely aligned than one might expect. Technical skills and procedural knowledge are not enough; these qualities need to be deployed strategically to control the cybercrime battlefield.

The book, written by Dr Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin Gavrilenko and Andriej Michajlowski, demonstrates that businesses need clear objectives and strategies, just like a military campaign, to implement information security effectively. The book explains, for example, that:
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We have reduced our prices across 75% of the ITGP range and remain highly competitive on pricing throughout our other ranges including titles from the OGC, such as ITIL, PRINCE2 and MSP.

Our USA website, www.itgovernanceUSA.com, is the one-stop-shop service delivering highly relevant knowledge, tools and advice to help IT leaders adopt best practice.

The ITGP range consists of pocket guides, books and toolkits that have been written by subject matter experts and cover a broad range of topics, at market beating prices, including:
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It’s that time of year again when most public sector organisations and many private sector organisations begin to look at budgets for the next financial year. With the country struggling to come out of recession and with big public sector cut backs on the horizon, it is vital that every pound spent can be justified, accounted for and not wasted. Whist tight financial controls are inevitable, given the state of the economy, it is essential that funds are available for projects that will help organisations to survive and prosper though the upturn.

Over the next few weeks, as budgets for 2010/2011 are agreed and finalised, it is likely that your budgetary requirements from the previous 12 months will be taken in to consideration. If you have remaining funds from the 2009/2010 financial year and plan to roll over any residual funds into the next financial year, think again. It is highly unlikely that you’ll be rewarded for good financial control, but rather penalised for holding excess cash and, as a result, will see a reduction in next year’s budget.
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Businesses are increasingly choosing to outsource their IT function. The attraction of outsourcing IT is that it enables a company to obtain an efficient and responsive IT system, while at the same time allowing the company to focus on its core strengths.

The current economic climate is also putting companies under increasing pressure to find new ways of cutting costs. However, all too often IT outsourcing projects fail because companies have not applied appropriate governance processes to the project.

This book and pocket guide duo complement each other very well and will guide you through the outsourcing process. This duo will help you avoid the many pitfalls organisations face when outsourcing their IT.
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Order all of the core PRINCE2®:2009 books in one go with this bundle!

• Contains all of the core official PRINCE2:2009 books, enabling you to buy a complete collection of all the core PRINCE2:2009 books in one go whilst saving money.
• All of the advice and guidance within these manuals is fully aligned with the latest version of PRINCE2 giving you the most up-to-date information on the PRINCE2 methodology.
• Only contains official titles authored and endorsed by the OGC, the originators of the PRINCE2 methodology. Meaning you can be assured the books in the kit are authoritative and comprehensive.

Official PRINCE2:2009 Book Bundle This book bundle is the only place you can purchase all of the official PRINCE2:2009 titles in one go, saving time and money and keeping you up to date with the latest in the PRINCE2 methodology.

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If you’re implementing a business continuity management system (BCMS), in-line with BS25999 and want to save time and money, the BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit is must-buy resource!

The BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit contains document templates, tools and references that enable you to quickly and efficiently produce your own tailored versions of all the essential documents needed to become certified against BS25999.

This BS25999 BCMS Implementation Toolkit Special Offer contains electronic copies of the following specialist guides:
	BS25999 A Pocket Guide; Business Continuity and BS25999: A Combined Glossary; Business Continuity Management: a Manager’s Guide to BS25999, a concise and practical guide to implementing this new benchmark for business continuity management. FREE – Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Second Edition (Soft Cover), when your order before midnight on Friday!

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Through December we’re offering you a Free subscription to our KnowledgeBank when you spend over £100 on our Online Store.

The KnowledgeBank contains electronic articles and downloadable papers designed to update and support people working in information security and IT governance; it is continuously updated with articles and documents written by Alan Calder and Steve Watkins (who are responsible for the best-selling IT Governance: a Manager’s Guide to Data Security), the IT Governance staff research team and from members of our Expert Panel.
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Business owners have been returning to their flood-damaged properties in Cumbria this week to assess the damage after unprecedented rainfall prompted some of the country’s worst ever flooding.

The full extent of the damage caused by these floods will not be known for some time; but it’s estimated that flood claims could exceed £100m!

Business owners and managers, upon viewing the devastating scenes broadcast on television during the floods, will be questioning how their organisation would cope in similar circumstances and, for the sake of their very survival, will ensure adequate business continuity plans are put in place.

It sometimes takes a disaster like this to remind people of the very real threat that organisations face and the possible implications which could result if not fully prepared.
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IT Governance produce and package many toolkits that fall within the broad range of IT governance subjects, including information security, compliance, risk management, ITIL, IT Service Management, Management Systems, Business Continuity, etc.

Below is a range of our most popular toolkits which are being used to accelerate compliance projects in organisations accross the globe.
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