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Legal Issues in Information Security, 2nd Edition
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Legal Issues in Information Security, 2nd Edition

by Joanna Lyn Grama
June 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
550 pages
18h 58m
English
Jones & Bartlett Learning
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CHAPTER

8

Federal Government Information Security and Privacy Regulations

IN A 2009 SPEECH, U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA said that America’s digital infrastructure is a “strategic national asset.”1 He urged a broad plan to protect the security and privacy of federal information systems. He said that the nation’s digital infrastructure must be better protected. Both the federal government and private organizations have a role to play.

This chapter reviews how the federal government protects its information systems. These systems hold personal data about U.S. residents. They conduct the business of running the country. They also hold sensitive security data. They are used for the nation’s defense. This chapter reviews the security and ...

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ISBN: 9781284054743