DoD Directive 8500.1 Information Assurance (IA) has been signed and released. Link to this document is available at
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/d85001_102402/d85001p.pdf Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 8500.1 October 24, 2002 ASD(C3I) SUBJECT: Information Assurance (IA) (a) Section 2224 of title 10, United States Code, "Defense Information Assurance Program" (b) DoD Directive 5200.28, "Security Requirements for Automated Information Systems (AISs)," March 21, 1988 (hereby canceled) (c) DoD 5200.28-M, "ADP Security Manual," January 1973 (hereby canceled) (d) DoD 5200.28-STD, "DoD Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria," December 1985 (hereby canceled) (e) through (ai), see enclosure 1 1. PURPOSE This Directive: 1.1. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities under reference (a) to achieve Department of Defense (DoD) information assurance (IA) through a defense-in-depth approach that integrates the capabilities of personnel, operations, and technology, and supports the evolution to network centric warfare. 1.2. Supersedes DoD Directive 5200.28, DoD 5200.28-M, DoD 5200.28-STD, and DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) Memorandum 6-8510 (references (b), (c), (d) and (e)). 1.3. Designates the Secretary of the Army as the Executive Agent for the integration of common biometric technologies throughout the Department of Defense. 1.4. Authorizes the publication of DoD 8500.aa-M consistent with DoD 5025.1-M (reference (f)). Read more at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/d85001_102402/d85001p.pdf IWS INFOCON Mailing List @ IWS - The Information Warfare Site http://www.iwar.org.uk
