Corporate Cybersecurity, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (November 6, 2024) © 2025

  • Randall J Boyle Weber State University
  • Raymond R. Panko University of Hawaii

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Title overview

For introductory courses in Information Security.

A technical and managerial guide to cybersecurity

Corporate Cybersecurity presents an overview of the technical and managerial aspects of the IT security industry. The text covers the details of security tools with a strong managerial focus. It provides guidance for proactively defending corporate systems from attacks and includes coverage of the technical aspects of countermeasures.

The 6th Edition covers the impact of info security on corporations from the technical and ethical perspectives. New AI Security Projects guide students on using AI effectively in security operations and In the News links provide quick access to current developments.

Hallmark features of this title

Fosters critical-thinking skills

  • Test Your Understanding questions provide students with a concept comprehension checkpoint following each section.
  • Chapter-ending Integrative Thought questions require students to apply chapter material and synthesize what they've learned.
  • Perspective questions prompt students to reflect on what they've studied in each chapter and employ higher-level thinking in their analysis.

Provides connections to real-world issues

  • Case studies present students with real-life scenarios illustrating how concepts presented in each chapter could impact a corporation.
  • Key findings from annual industry reports and discussion questions accompany each case study, offering students the opportunity to apply, analyze and synthesize the material.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: Previously published as Corporate Computer Security, the 6th Edition is entitled Corporate Cybersecurity to reflect the current state of this rapidly changing field.
  • UPDATED: Case Studies in each chapter provide real-world insight into how information security affects
  • NEW: AI Security Projects help students learn to use AI effectively for planning, strategy and implementation of security operations. Each chapter includes at least 1 AI Security Project.
  • UPDATED: In the News Articles reference recent events illustrating how chapter material relates to current events in the security industry, along with links to news sites for the latest developments. And Security @ Work, Security Technology as well as Security Ethics articles dive deeper into real-life issues, facilitate discussion and provide optional assignments.
  • UPDATED: Hands-on Projects in each chapter give students experience using contemporary security software via projects directly related to the chapter material. This edition includes 6 new, and many updated, hands-on projects.
  • UPDATED: Statistics, standards and laws have been updated throughout to reflect recent changes. including discussions about the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and updates to the discussion of ISO/IEC 27000 and the COSO Framework.

Table of contents

  1. The Threat Environment
  2. Planning and Policy
  3. Cryptography
  4. Secure Networks
  5. Access Control
  6. Firewalls
  7. Host Hardening
  8. Application Security
  9. Data Protection
  10. Incident and Disaster Response

Module A: Networking Concepts

Author bios

About our authors

Randall J. Boyle is a professor of Management Information Systems and a Willard Eccles Fellow at Weber State University in the Goddard School of Business and Economics. He received his PhD in management information systems from Florida State University in 2003. He also has a master’s degree in public administration and a BS in finance. His research areas include deception detection in computer-mediated environments, data breaches, secure information systems, the effects of IT on cognitive biases and the effects of IT on knowledge workers. He has received college teaching awards at Weber State University, Longwood University, the University of Utah and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His teaching is primarily focused on management information systems, information security and networking. He has authored several books, including Using MIS, 13th Edition, Experiencing MIS, 10th Edition, Corporate Computer Security, 6th Edition, Applied Information Security and Applied Networking Labs.

Ray Panko is Professor Emeritus of Information Technology Management at the University of Hawai’i’s Shidler College of Business. His main courses are networking and security. Before coming to the university, he was a project manager at Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International), where he worked for Doug Englebart (the inventor of the mouse). He received his BS in physics and his MBA from Seattle University. He received his doctorate from Stanford University, where his dissertation was conducted under contract with the Office of the President of the United States. He has been awarded the Shidler College of Business’s Dennis Ching award as the outstanding teacher among senior faculty. He is also a Shidler Fellow.

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