Re: Definitions of "Security"?

2004-04-15 Thread Arnold G. Reinhold
At 4:01 PM +0200 4/14/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,

I'm looking for interesting and unusal defitions of the
term "Security" (or "secure").
I'm fully aware that it is difficult or impossible to give
a precise, compact, and universal definitions, and some
book authors explicitely say so. However, there are definitions
(or attempts to give those), and I'd be interested to compare
them. If you know of any definition that might be interesting
for any reason, please send me a link or citation. thanx
Here is one of mine that is biology inspired:

"A division of a set of actors into 'self' and 'other' with a 
mechanism that allows self actors  to perform certain activities that 
are effectively denied to others."

Arnold Reinhold

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Re: Definitions of "Security"?

2004-04-14 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
At 08:01 AM 4/14/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for interesting and unusal defitions of the
term "Security" (or "secure")
there was a discussion on PAIN taxonomy for security earlier in the year 
... misc. references
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm17.htm#3 Non-repudiation (was RE: The PAIN 
mnemonic)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/aadsm17.htm#5 Non-repudiation (was RE: The PAIN 
mnemonic)



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Re: Definitions of "Security"?

2004-04-14 Thread Lars Eilebrecht
According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> I'm looking for interesting and unusal defitions of the
> term "Security" (or "secure").

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security


ciao...
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Re: Definitions of "Security"?

2004-04-14 Thread Thierry Moreau


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking for interesting and unusal defitions of the
term "Security" (or "secure").
I'm fully aware that it is difficult or impossible to give
a precise, compact, and universal definitions, and some
book authors explicitely say so. However, there are definitions
(or attempts to give those), and I'd be interested to compare
them. If you know of any definition that might be interesting
for any reason, please send me a link or citation. thanx
"a well-informed sense of assurance that information risks and controls 
are in balance"

From:
James M. Anderson, Why We Need a New Definition of Information Security, 
Computers & Security, vol 22, no. 4, May 2003, 2003, pages 308-313.

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