Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Susan Snedaker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 14, 2006

The definitive work for IT professionals responsible for the management of the design, configuration, deployment, and maintenance of enterprise wide security projects. Provides specialized coverage of key project areas including Penetration Testing, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, and Access Control Systems.

The first and last word on managing IT security projects, this book provides the level of detail and content expertise required to competently handle highly complex security deployments. In most enterprises, be they corporate or governmental, these are generally the highest priority projects and the security of the entire business may depend on their success.

* The first book devoted exclusively to managing IT security projects

* Expert authors combine superb project management skills with in-depth coverage of highly complex security projects

* By mastering the content in this book, managers will realise shorter schedules, fewer cost over runs, and successful deployments

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

A hands-on professional guide for the first and last word on managing IT Security projects. --This text refers to the Digital edition.

About the Author

Susan Snedaker, Principal Consultant and founder of Virtual Team Consulting, LLC has over 20 years' experience working in IT in both technical and executive positions including with Microsoft, Honeywell, and Logical Solutions. Her experience in executive roles at both Keane, Inc. and Apta Software, Inc. provided extensive strategic and operational experience in managing hardware, software and other IT projects involving both small and large teams. As a consultant, she and her team work with companies of all sizes to improve operations, which often entails auditing IT functions and building stronger project management skills, both in the IT department and company-wide. She has developed customized project management training for a number of clients and has taught project management in a variety of settings. Ms. Snedaker holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor's degree in Management. She is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and has a certificate in Advanced Project Management from Stanford University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (September 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597490768
• ISBN-13: 978-1597490764
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,425,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource for IT Project Managers, September 24, 2006

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Harold McFarland (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook (Paperback)

In this book author Susan Snedaker covers the complete project management spectrum from the overall plan to individual project plans for various areas. The book is divided in to various sections including Defining, Organizing, Planning, Initiating, and Managing Change. She does a really good job of pointing out the importance of defining the project up front. This is a critically important step that is often overlooked. This is where you define the mission, expected outcomes, optimal solution, and constraints. If you don't know where you are going then the path there can be very convoluted and this is a common problem with IT projects of all types. Another exceptional section is the one on planning. In that section she details breaking down the overall project into tasks and sub-tasks as well as defining the scope and determining the critical path. For each chapter the highlights are presented in a checklist format at the end. IT Security Project Management Handbook is recommended to anyone who is in charge of a large scale IT project whether security or otherwise.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great IT Security Project Resource, July 20, 2006

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TechMgr2B - See all my reviews

This review is from: Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook (Paperback)

This book is a must-have IT resource. It covers project management principles quickly and effectively and points out areas specific to the topic of Security throughout the PM process. In the later chapters, the author provides a very specific set of guidelines for developing any security-related project plan and provides examples of a broad-based corporate security initiative, a general IT security plan that can easily be customized to your own unique situation, an infrastructure security plan that can also be customized to address mission-critical infrastructure security issues. The book includes a wireless security plan to help you address the ever-changing and growing needs of wireless security in the organization. The final chapter might be the reason you buy the book - the operational security project plan. In many organizations (including the one I work in as well as those my friends work in), the operational piece is poorly planned and/or poorly executed so that all the work done through these meticulously planned security projects is put at risk through sloppy operational planning and implementation (after all, that's not very interesting to most of us in IT).

The book also addresses some of the legal issues surrounding security, which is great because it might alert you to things you might otherwise have overlooked or not known. The cost/benefit and risk analysis provided is also great ammo if you need to convince your management team as to why security spending is important (and shouldn't be subject to budget cuts anytime soon).

As with Snedaker's other books, this one is well-organized and written in a conversatational tone that you'll find a refreshing change from some of the other IT PM books out there. The chapters follow a logical flow and the information is presented in a way I found easy to implement. I previously purchased Snedaker's IT Project Management book last year and I have used it countless times. I have had this book for a few weeks and I can already tell by the dog-earred pages that I'll be using this one frequently as well.

I'd recommend this book to anyone in IT who deals with security or anyone who needs to "sell" their management on why security is important.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review, June 15, 2009

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Johnny (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Syngress IT Security Project Management Handbook (Paperback)

I received the book in few days and in good condition. In my opinion, you can trust this seller.