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- From: pathak@mitre.org (Heeren Pathak)
- Subject: Re: C2 Security
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- References: <976@engcon.marshall.ltv.com> <terryk.711987309@cc.gatech.edu> <1992Jul24.201426.5137@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:35:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul24.201426.5137@chpc.utexas.edu>, apas611@chpc.utexas.edu
- (David Boles) wrote:
- >
- > It seems that security in the orange book sense doesn't make much sense
- > for most folks however. It focuses on things like loss or alteration
- > of information. While these things are certainly important, for most
-
- I think loss or alteration of information is very important for most folks.
- Computer related fraud is a multi-billion dollar problem. If businesses
- took security a bit more seriously, they could probably prevent a fair
- amount of the fraud. Unfortunately, most corporations either unwilling to
- pay the price it takes or don't have the personnel who understand security
- issues.
-
- > non-military related systems, attacks (malicious or inadvertant) that
- > result in denial of service are just as important.
- >
-
- Denial of service is important but something like that is detectable. The
- important problem is to make sure your "enemy" doesn't get access to
- important information without you knowing about it. This issue is relevant
- in the corporate setting. With the cold war over, there have been numerous
- reports of various corporations and governments spying on foreign
- businesses and business personnel to get trade secrets.
-
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