information assurance

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Measures that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. These measures include providing for restoration of information systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

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National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

The measures that protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, and confidentiality.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: IA
plural: information assurances
possessive: information assurance's
pluralpossessive: information assurances'

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