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