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This comprehensive and timely resource examines security risks related to IT outsourcing, clearly showing you how to recognize, evaluate, minimize, and manage these risks. Unique in its scope, this single volume offers you complete coverage of the whole range of IT security services and fully treats the IT security concerns of outsourcing. The book helps you deepen your knowledge of the tangible and intangible costs and benefits associated with outsourcing IT and IS functions.

Moreover, it enables you to determine which information security functions should be performed by a third party, better manage third-party relationships, and ensure that any functions handed over to a third party meet good security standards. From discussions on the IT outsourcing marketplace and the pros and cons of the IT outsourcing decision process, to a look at IT and IS service provider relationships and trends affecting outsourcing, this essential reference provides insight into how organizations are addressing some of the more thorny issues of IT and security outsourcing.



About the Author

C. Warren Axelrod is a director of Pershing LLC, a BNY Securities Group Co., where he is responsible for global information security. He has been a senior information technology manager on Wall Street for more than 25 years, has contributed to numerous conferences and seminars, and has published extensively. He holds a Ph.D. in managerial economics from Cornell University, and a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and an M.A. in economics and statistics from Glasgow University. He is certified as a CISSP and CISM.

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  • Hardcover: 266 pages
  • Publisher: Artech House Publishers (September 30, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1580535313
  • ISBN-13: 978-1580535311
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read!, December 22, 2004
By Karen Sobel Lojeski (Hoboken, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This book provides a great overview of the issues surrounding the decision to outsource information security and also gets into specific issues and recommendations chapter by chapter. Outsourcing Information Security is written clearly and concisely; making it easy to read given the depth and sophistication of the subject matter covered.

The author is truly an expert and shares important anecdotes from his own experiences that all can learn from. This is not a sugar-coated diatribe about the bliss of outsourcing, nor is it a condemnation of companies that use these strategies. This work gets to the heart of the matter from a balanced and measured point of view; leaving the reader to decide for him or herself, if they should consider outsourcing information security.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in this subject and is responsible for making key technology decisions on behalf of their organizations.

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5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSOURCING INFORMATION SECURITY MAY POSE DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, August 6, 2005
Despite the widespread controversy surrounding the outsourcing of information security, organizations must understand and consider what costs and benefits are incurred and gained, respectively. Author C. Warren Axelrod has done an outstanding job of presenting the controversy surrounding the intersection of the two most dynamic, difficult, and controversial areas of information technology today, namely, outsourcing and security.

Axelrod begins this book by defining the scope of the treatment of the joint topics of outsourcing and security. Next, the author lays out the range of information security risk that are confronted daily, whether an activity is outsourced or not. Then, he looks at the risk of outsourcing. In addition, the author describes in detail the categories of costs and benefits. He also describes how the outsourcing costs and benefits relate to the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) processes. Then, he looks at the outsourcing evaluation process that takes place once the information has been collected and sorted. The author then delves into the specific security considerations that affect the outsourcing decision and how they should be handled. Finally, he summarizes the full flow of the outsourcing evaluation and decision processes.

With the preceding in mind, the author has done an excellent job of presenting how outsourcing opportunities have become a continuous process as new services become available, new services of those services appear, and business takes on more of a global aspect. At the end of the day, it behooves a nimble organization in a competitive market to keep its outsourcing options open and its ability to evaluate choices finely tuned..
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5.0 out of 5 stars At Least It Explains the Problem, December 1, 2004
There are a bunch of reasons to outsource information security. You can get specialists who have a broader range of experience than your own company. You can get an outside view of everything from how to read the various logs your system puts out to what anti-virus program to install. There may be a cost savings to have someone else be monitoring your systems along with several other companies at the same time.

There are a bunch of reasons that you don't want to outsource information security. When it hits the fan, you are still the one responsible (especially so now with Sarbanes-Oxley in force, the real rules of which we still do not understand and won't until it's been to court a few times). You have more control over your own people, and you can much more carefully monitor them. This is especially true if the outside company has reduced its cost by establishing the monitoring center in some place like India. You can much more easily check to see if your new employee has just come from a few years vacation in Marion, Illinois.

It would be interesting to see how outsourcing information security would be treated by upper management. It's a cinch that they wouldn't understand enough to make a valid decision. You have to make the decision yourself, and unfortunately then you have to live with it.

This book is just about the only one on this subject. The author reports on some good situations, and some that didn't turn out so well. If this is a decision you have to make, here's at least a good start.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A bit thin on the security-specific aspects of outsourcing
Outsourcing Information Security by C. Warren Axelrod was intended to guide the uninitiated through each step of the outsourcing process, helping to steer clear of the pitfalls... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jacob Gajek

5.0 out of 5 stars At Least It Explains the Problem
There are a bunch of reasons to outsource information security. You can get specialists who have a broader range of experience than your own company. Read more
Published on December 1, 2004 by John Matlock

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for anyone considering outsourcing informat
When it comes to the outsourcing of information security functions specifically, the situation is even worse. Read more
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