Chapter 2: Understanding the Business and Management Environment

. . . globalization has served to undermine the role of the nation-state as the sole determinant of a society's well-being.—Henry Kissinger^[1]

Chapter Objective

The objective of this chapter, "Understanding the Business and Management Environment," is to provide the reader with a basic understanding and philosophy of information and information systems security (InfoSec) within the business environment, to include how to communicate with management in "their language."

^[1]Kissinger, Henry. Does America Need a Foreign Policy: Toward a Diplomacy for 21st Century. Simon & Schuster: New York, 2001.