Building A Global Information Assurance Program

Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Assurance

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

Confucius

There is very little information that exists today that will not at one time or another be stored or transmitted electronically. Even information that already exists in hard copy, such as paper, will eventually be faxed or scanned into a computer; thus, it enters the electronic realm. From here the information can be changed, deleted, or broadcast to the world. Information in electronic ...