Forwarded from: Abe Usher <abe.usher@sharp-ideas.net> Information Security Professionals at ISN, Bottom line: I'd like your help in shaping a usable taxonomy of Information Assurance.* I am presently working on creating a taxonomy of information assurance, based on the three aspects of: (1) Information characteristics (2) Information states (3) Security countermeasures These three aspects of Information Assurance (IA) were highlighted by John McCumber [1] as well as a team of West Point researchers [2] as a component of works that define an integrated approach to security. Within the next 6 months, I would like to create a taxonomy that graphically depicts the relationships of these three aspects. My intent is that this taxonomy could be used by the academic community, industry, and government in improving the precision of communication used in discussing information assurance/security topics. I have searched the Internet widely for a taxonomy of Information Assurance, but I have not found anything that is sufficiently detailed for application with real world problems. I've posted my initial results to the following URL: http://www.sharp-ideas.net/ia/information_assurance.htm for comments and peer review. Cheers, Abe Usher abe.usher@sharp-ideas.net * Information assurance is defined as "information operations that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This includes providing for restoration of information systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities. [1] McCumber, John. "Information Systems Security: A Comprehensive Model". Proceedings 14th National Computer Security Conference. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Baltimore, MD. October 1991. [2] Maconachy, Victor, Corey Schou, Daniel Ragsdale, and Don Welch. "A Model for Information Assurance: An Integrated Approach". Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance and Security. U.S. Military Academy. West Point, NY. June 2001. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomoat_private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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