Enterprise-Level Security: Securing Information Systems in an Uncertain World

Abstract

Adversaries continue to penetrate U.S. information technology networks, and in many cases, they have infiltrated the online environment, jeopardizing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise information and systems. A multitude of network-related incidents have shown that the fortress model of securing information systems - hard on the outside,soft on the inside - falsely assumes that the boundary between hard and soft can prevent all types of penetration. Given this vulnerability of boundaries, network attacks are pervasive, and nefarious code is present even in the face of system sweeps to discover and clean readily apparent malware.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1123138

Entities

People

  • William R. Simpson

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Biometric Security
  • Budgets
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Personnel
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Price Index
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Transport Protocols
  • Web Applications
  • Web Service
  • Wide Area Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber