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Information assurance (IA) is the practice of assuring information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information. Information assurance includes protection of the integrity , availability, authenticity, non-repudiation and confidentiality of user data. [ 1 ]
The McCumber Cube is a model for establishing and evaluating information security (information assurance) programs. This security model, created in 1991 by John McCumber, is depicted as a three-dimensional Rubik's Cube-like grid. The concept of this model is that, in developing information assurance systems, organizations must consider the ...
Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. [1] It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data or the unlawful use, disclosure, disruption, deletion, corruption, modification, inspection, recording, or devaluation of information.
The CSIAC's Information Assurance (IA) Digest is a semi-weekly news summary for information assurance and software reliability professionals protecting the Global Information Grid (GIG). It is transmitted in an HTML-formatted email and provides links to articles and news summaries across a spectrum of cyber security, information assurance, and ...
The institute developed the IISP Skills Framework. This framework describes the range of competencies that information security and information assurance professionals expect to perform their roles effectively. It was developed through collaboration between private and public sector organizations, world-renowned academics, and security leaders ...
The Protection of Information in Computer Systems is a 1975 seminal publication by Jerome Saltzer and Michael Schroeder about information security. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The paper emphasized that the primary concern of security measures should be the information on computers and not the computers itself.
A Protection Profile (PP) is a document used as part of the certification process according to ISO/IEC 15408 and the Common Criteria (CC). As the generic form of a Security Target (ST), it is typically created by a user or user community and provides an implementation independent specification of information assurance security requirements.
Categorize the information system and the data it processes, stores, and transmits, based on an impact analysis. [6] [7] [8] Select a baseline set of security controls for the information system based on its security categorization. Tailor and supplement the baseline controls as needed, based on an organizational risk assessment and specific ...