Main Title |
Defending secrets, sharing data : new locks and keys for electronic information. |
Publisher |
Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., |
Year Published |
1987 |
Report Number |
OTA-CIT-310 |
Stock Number |
052-003-01083-6 |
OCLC Number |
16953850 |
ISBN |
$8.50 |
Subjects |
Computer security--United States ;
Data protection--United States ;
Electronic data processing departments--Security measures ;
Automatic Data Processing ;
Computers--United States--Access control
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
QA76.9.A25D44 1987 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
11/05/1988 |
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Collation |
vi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Notes |
Shipping list no.: 87-646-P. "Second component of OTA's assessment of new communications technologies. The first component, The Electronic supervisor: new technologies, new tensions, was published in September 1987"--Foreword. "October 1987"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references. "OTA-CIT-310"--Page 4 of cover. S/N 052-003-01083-6. Item 1070-M. |
Contents Notes |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- The vulnerabilirties of electronic information systems -- Security safeguards and practices -- Improving information security -- Major trends in policy development -- Federal policy issues and options -- Requesting letters -- National policy on protection on sensitive, but unclassified information in Federal government telecommunications and automated information systems -- The data encryption standard -- Message authentication, public-key ciphers, and digital signatures -- Acronyms -- Contributors and reviewers. |