Computer Security And The Law

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in the development of computer security law and
public policy. This paper is meant to help bridge to gap between technical and
legal computer security communities.

II. THE TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

A. The Objectives of Computer Security

The principal objective of computer security is to protect and assure
the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of automated information
systems and the data they contain. Each of these terms has a precise meaning
which is grounded in basic technical ideas about the flow of information in
automated information systems.

B. Basic Concepts

There is a broad, top-level consensus regarding the meaning of most
technical computer security concepts. This is partly because of government
involvement in proposing, coordinating, and publishing the definitions of basic
terms[2]. The meanings of the terms used in government directives and
regulations are generally made to be consistent with past usage. This is not to
say that there is no ...

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said to be "comprised." Confidentiality is the most
advanced area of computer security because the U.S. Department of Defense has
invested heavily for many years to find way to maintain the confidentiality of
classified data in AIS [4]. This investment has produced the Department of
Defense trusted computer system evaluation criteria[5], alternatively called
the Orange Book after the color of it's cover. The orange book is perhaps the
single most authoritative document about protecting the confidentiality of data
in classified AIS.

Integrity measures are meant to protect data form unauthorized
modification. The integrity of an object can be assessed by comparing it's
current ...

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