Management-Assurance-Security

Study Sheet

CIS341 – Spring 2004

 

Basic Terms

 

the personnel, hardware and software which comprise a recognizable unit of a business or other human institution.

information management system

 

Other

 

What are the three phases of the information life cycle?

genesis

existence

dissolution

 

Why is the management of information during World War II a good model to show the importance of well-managed information?

There we see intense _____ designed for each phase of that life cycle as well _____ efforts of attack, corruption and _____. 

protective measures

intense and protracted

disinformation

There we also see the overwhelming importance of well managed information – a setting in which _____ was literally a life and death matter.

good information management

 

What is the goal of information management/assurance/security?

Design a system to manage safely and securely information during its entire life

cycle, assuring that the information is accurate, reliable and uncorrupted.

 

Comments on the MAS triad:

Ultimately, _____ is at the heart of the management/assurance/security triad.

information assurance

The goal of information management is to assure that the information is _____.

reliable and available

In the broadest sense, _____ is the goal, _____ is the means of implementing this goal, and _____ is a critical subtask.

assurance

management

security

 

What are the three means of information genesis?

active reception

passive reception

creation

 

What are the four aspects of information existence?

      maintenance

      ownership

      storage

      access

 

What are the five data line protection tasks?  Protect against . . .

                disruption of transfer process

                corruption of data during reception

                alteration of data during reception

                loss of data during transfer

                theft of data during transfer