On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Because it shows a distinct lack of understanding about Information > Security. InfoSec is about risk mitigation and revenue *protection*.
The US DoD & company began pushing the term "Information Assurance" (IA) for this reason. People hear "security" and think "pain-in-the-ass stuff that prevents real work from getting done". People hear "assurance" and think "I don't really know what that means, but it sounds like I should have it". Of course, in classic DoD fashion, the obvious contraction was never considered and is rather unfortunate: InfoAss. ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
