Information Security: Raising Awareness

Abstract

As is taking place in all technically advanced nations today, federal, provincial and municipal governments in Canada are rapidly implementing new information technology infrastructures, new managerial and operational processes, and new innovative methods of delivering services to citizens electronically. The rapid advances in technology are enabling the reshaping and reengineering of governments, improving efficiency and effectiveness in ways that could have only been imagined just a few years ago. In this very exciting and challenging information revolution, the importance of Information Security is rapidly coming into focus. This focus has been rapidly sharpened by recent events such as the troubling denial of service attacks that halted the operations of some of the largest and most advanced electronic commerce enterprises in the United States in February 2000.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA399928

Entities

People

  • Bruce Hunter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Commerce
  • Computer Crime
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Intrusion Detectors
  • National Security
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics