On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 06:26:01PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > And to reply to myself: > > Information Security - As defined by ISO-17799, information security is > characterized as the preservation of: > > * Confidentiality - ensuring that information is accessible only to > those authorized to have access. > * Integrity - safeguarding the accuracy and completeness of information > and processing methods. > * Availability - ensuring that authorized users have access to > information and associated assets when required.
ISO, I'm afraid, does not document either English or Information Technology. They are free to define terms however they like for the purposes of issuing standards documents, and they are under no obligation to write these definitions so as to correspond to any actual usage of these words. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
