DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION SECURITY

Abstract

Preserving information security in distributed and outsourced environments is a growing challenge for IS management. This article describes how the responsibility for information security activities should be allocated throughout a company with decentralized IS resources. In addition, the article provides a basis for estimating the cost of Implementing information security in these environments.

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Louis Fried

LOUIS FRIED is vice-president of Information Technology Consulting at SRI International, Menlo Park CA.