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	*[[Security Reference Model (SRM)]]		*[[Security Reference Model (SRM)]]
	*[[Time-Based Model of Security]]		*[[Time-Based Model of Security]]
		+	*[[Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)]]
		+	*[[Tiny Encryption Algorithm (TEA)]]

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-'''Information Security''' refers to the processes and methodologies which are designed and implemented to protect the print, electronic, or any other form of confidential, private, and sensitive information or [[data]] from unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption.<ref>What is Information Security? [https://www.sans.org/information-security/ sans.org]</ref>
+'''Information Security''' refers to protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. It is essential for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive information.
-Wikipedia defines information security as follows:
+Information security encompasses a wide range of technologies, processes, and policies designed to protect information and information systems from threats such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and theft. These measures include access controls, authentication and authorization mechanisms, encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and backup and recovery processes.
-"Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. The terms information security, computer security, and information assurance are frequently used interchangeably. These fields are interrelated and share the common goals of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information; however, there are some subtle differences between them. These differences lie primarily in the approach to the subject, the methodologies used, and the areas of concentration. Information security is concerned with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data regardless of the form the data may take: electronic, print, or other forms." <ref>Defining Information Security [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security Wikipedia]</ref>
+Access controls are used to restrict access to sensitive information and systems to authorized users only. Authentication and authorization mechanisms are used to ensure that users are who they claim to be and that they have the appropriate level of access to information and systems.
-Information security covers all forms of "information" for example print and digital.
+Encryption involves the use of mathematical algorithms to scramble data so that it can only be read by authorized users with the appropriate decryption key. Encryption can be applied to data at rest, such as on a hard drive or in a database, as well as data in motion, such as when transmitted over a network.
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 ===References===
 <references/>

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-===See Also===
+== See Also ==
 *[[Firewall]]
 *[[Cyber Security]]

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 *[[Cyber Security]]
 *[[Security Reference Model (SRM)]]
 ===References===
 <references/>

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 *[[Firewall]]
 *[[Cyber Security]]
 *[[Security Reference Model (SRM)]]

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-'''Information Security''' refers to the processes and methodologies which are designed and implemented to protect print, electronic, or any other form of confidential, private, and sensitive information or [[data]] from unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption.<ref>What is Information Security? [https://www.sans.org/information-security/ sans.org]</ref>
+'''Information Security''' refers to the processes and methodologies which are designed and implemented to protect the print, electronic, or any other form of confidential, private, and sensitive information or [[data]] from unauthorized access, use, misuse, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption.<ref>What is Information Security? [https://www.sans.org/information-security/ sans.org]</ref>
 Wikipedia defines information security as follows:
-"Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. The terms information security, [[computer]] security, and information assurance are frequently used interchangeably. These fields are interrelated and share the common [[goals]] of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information; however, there are some subtle differences between them. These differences lie primarily in the approach to the subject, the methodologies used, and the areas of concentration. Information security is concerned with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data regardless of the form the data may take: electronic, print, or other forms." <ref>Defining Information Security [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security Wikipedia]</ref>
+"Information security means protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. The terms information security, computer security, and information assurance are frequently used interchangeably. These fields are interrelated and share the common goals of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information; however, there are some subtle differences between them. These differences lie primarily in the approach to the subject, the methodologies used, and the areas of concentration. Information security is concerned with the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data regardless of the form the data may take: electronic, print, or other forms." <ref>Defining Information Security [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security Wikipedia]</ref>
 Information security covers all forms of "information" for example print and digital.
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 ===See Also===
-[[Firewall]]<br />
+*[[Information Security Governance]]
-[[Cyber Security]]<br />
+*[[Firewall]]
-[[Security Architecture]]<br />
+*[[Cyber Security]]
-[[Security Information Event Management (SIEM)]]<br />
+*[[Security Architecture]]
-[[Security Information Management (SIM)]]<br />
+*[[Security Information Event Management (SIEM)]]
-[[Security Management]]<br />
+*[[Security Information Management (SIM)]]
-[[Security Policy]]<br />
+*[[Security Management]]
-[[Security Reference Model (SRM)]]
+*[[Security Policy]]
 ===References===
 <references/>