Information Assurance: National Partnership Offers Benefits, but Faces Considerable Challenges

United States. Government Accountability Office.

United States. Government Accountability Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    information security;    justice and law enforcement;    information assurance;    letter report;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-06-392
RP-ID  :  249427

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 1997, the National Security Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology formed the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) to boost federal agencies' and consumers' confidence in information security products manufactured by vendors. To facilitate this goal, NIAP developed a national program that requires accredited laboratories to independently evaluate and validate the security of these products for use in national security systems. These systems are those under control of the U.S. government that contain classified information or involve intelligence activities. GAO was asked to identify (1) the governmentwide benefits and challenges of the NIAP evaluation process on national security systems, and (2) the potential benefits and challenges of expanding the requirement of NIAP to non-national security systems, including sensitive but unclassified systems."