Information Security. The University of Salford

Frequent news stories indicate that important systems are being compromised with alarming frequency. Recent (UK) legislation, including the Data Protection Act, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and the BS7799 standard on Information Security Management (now ISO27001) are forcing companies to take information security more seriously.

Information security requires a clear understanding of relevant technological issues and of the social/organisational issues, as well as the relationships between them.