Principles of Information Security

Principles of Information Security is a textbook written by Michael Whitman and Herbert Mattord and published by Course Technology.¹

It is in widespread use in higher education in the United States as well as in many English-speaking countries.

The initial edition of this text was published in 2002.²

The second edition was published in 2004.³

The third edition was published in 2008. The bound text contained 550 pages.⁴

Publication Date: January 1, 2011; Authors: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord. ISBN 978-1-111-13821-9

Publication date: November 18, 2014; Authors: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord. ISBN 978-1285448367

Publication Date: January 2018; Authors: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord. ISBN 978-1337578769

Publication Date: July 2021; Authors: Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord. ISBN 9780357506493

• Michael E. Whitmam, Ph.D., CISM, CISSP. Cengage biography can be found at [1].
• Herbert J. Mattord, CISM, CISSP. Cengage biography can be found at [2].

• Whitman, M. E. & Mattord, H. J., Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, 3rd ed. © 2009 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 1-4354-4156-7
• Whitman, M. E. & Mattord, H. J., Principles of Incident Response and Disaster Recovery, © 2006 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 1-4188-3663-X
• Whitman, M. E. & Mattord, H., Management of Information Security, 3rd ed. © 2010 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 978-1-4354-8884-7, Note that this text has been adopted at over 100 institutions globally and is recommended by ASIS as a means to prepare for the CPP certification examination
• Whitman, M. E. & Mattord, H., Management of Information Security, 2nd ed. © 2007 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 978-1-4239-0130-3
• Whitman, M. E. & Mattord, H.J., Management of Information Security, © 2004 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 0-619-21515-1
• Whitman, M. E., and Mattord, H. J., Guide to Firewalls and VPNs © 2011 Course Technology, Boston, MA, contract pending
• Whitman, M.E. & Mattord, H. J., Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security, © 2005 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 0-619-21627-1
• Whitman, M.E. & Mattord, H. J., Readings and Cases in the Management of Information Security: Law & Ethics, © 2009 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 1-4354-4157-5

Dr. Whitman and Professor Mattord, working with others have collaborated on the following projects:

• Whitman, M. E., Shackleford, D. & Mattord, H.J., Hands-On Information Security Lab Manual, 2nd ed. © 2005 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 0-619-21631-X
• Whitman, M. E., Mattord, H. J., & Austin, R.D., Guide to Firewalls and Network Security: Intrusion Detection and VPNs © 2009 Course Technology, Boston, MA, ISBN 1-4354-2016-0