What Are the Mechanisms That Ensure Information Security?

Protecting information is not easy. It is often expensive and time consuming to do well. The security of a system relates to the time taken to implement safeguards and their cost. Highly secure information systems take significant time and expense to create. Alternatively, if an organization wants to implement secure systems quickly, it must be prepared to spend money. If it wants to keep time and money costs low, it must be prepared for lower security.

Laws and Legal Duties

Most organizations are subject to several laws. Although this text focuses on laws that affect information security, these are not the only types of laws organizations must follow. For example, they may have to follow ...

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