Re: What does Security include?

From: Anton Stiglic (stiglic_at_cs.mcgill.ca)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 09:48:33 -0400

"Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis@iahu.ca> wrote in message
news:UaFuc.14719$rAa1.10513@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> AE wrote:
> > Hi flip,
> >
> > As far as data/computers/networks are concerned security includes
> > privacy, integrity and availability of data and ressources.
> >
> > Cryptography is one of many means to ensure privacy and integrity.
>
> What about non-repudiation?

Often security is defined as something that acheives CIA:
Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. But there are many other
goals, such as privacy, identification, authentication, authorization
accountability (AAA), auditing, non-repudiation, etc...

--Anton

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