Assessing and Managing Risks to Information Assurance: A Methodological Approach

Abstract

Recent events such as the Yahoo! denial-of-service attack and the I Love you virus have sparked a dramatic interest in information assurance (IA) and the future security of information infrastructures. Information systems are facing an increase in interconnectedness, interdependency and complexity. Information assurance attempts to answer critical questions of trust and credibility associated with our digital environment and it represents a myriad of considerations and decisions that transcend technological advancement, legal, political, economic, social, cultural, institutional, organizational, and educational dimensions. Despite spending millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption technologies, and intrusion detection software, information infrastructure vulnerabilities and incidents continue to happen. These trends have a significant impact on military operations in the next decades.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA391850

Entities

People

  • George A. Lamm

Organizations

  • University of Virginia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Systems Analysis and Design