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On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/> ~
