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Information Assurance is the confidence that information systems
will protect the information they handle and will function as
they need to, when they need to, under the control of legitimate
users.
There is little information that exists that will not at one
time or another be stored or transmitted electronically.
Information on paper as soon as it is fixed or input into a
computer, enters the electronic world. From here the information
can be changed, deleted or broadcast to the world.
Electronic information must be readily available when needed
and trusted to be accurate. Sometimes there are confidentiality
concerns. Ensuring the confidentiality, availability and integrity
of all electronically held information is the goal. "Information
Assurance" is the term we use to describe this goal.
Through the use of appropriate security products and procedures
we hope to achieve reasonable assurance that electronic information
is adequately protected from unauthorised change or dissemination
and ensure the information is always available.
Helping the owners of electronic information to determine the
products and procedures to achieve Information Assurance is
what CESG is here for. |
