Building A Global Information Assurance Program

Chapter 10 The Information Assurance Center

Any community’s arm of force — military, police, security — needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more.

Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar, 1991

In this chapter, readers learn that the implementation phase is more than simply testing the IA program to ensure it meets their requirements. This phase includes preparing the program for implementation, user acceptance, and the actual implementation of the new program. We have written this chapter in a way that gives the reader the ability to develop a successful Information Assurance Center (IAC). The exact size and scope of the IAC would, of course, be appropriate for the size, type, ...