SECURITY OF COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• NCJ Number: 2224
• Author(s): R TURN; H E PETERSEN
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Rand Corporation
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

VULNERABILITIES OF COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO ELECTRONIC CRIME ARE SURVEYED AND REMEDIAL MEASURES SUGGESTED.

Abstract

THIS PAPER ADDRESSES THE VULNERABILITIES OF REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO ELECTRONIC CRIME--PENETRATION OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR ILLICIT COPYING, ALTERING OR DESTRUCTION OF SELECTED INFORMATION. A CONDENSED SURVEY OF THE PROBABLE THREATS AND APPLICABLE COUNTERMEASURES IS PRESENTED. A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE USE OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES FOR PROTECTING INFORMATION IN THE COMMUNICATION LINES AND IN COMPUTER FILES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)