Accession Number:

ADA399867

Title:

Education and Knowledge Management: A Requisite for Information Assurance

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST

Personal Author(s):

• Longstaff, Thomas
• Haimes, Yacov Y.

Report Date:

2000-08-30

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

The meaning of the current terms information technology, information assurance IA, information survivability, and survivable dependable systems will undoubtedly change over time. This is because technology will continue to advance, new market opportunities will open, and challenging needs will evolve. Undoubtedly, innovation will continue to dominate our science- and engineering-based commerce and industry, and the national and international social fabric, order, and interconnectedness will chart unimaginable roads in currently unexplored terrain. IA is the emerging view of survivability, which merges several disciplines, including risk assessment and management, reliability, fault tolerance, human and organizational behavior, business management, and knowledge management, among others Haimes 1998.

Descriptors:

• *KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
• INDUSTRIES
• COMMERCE
• ORGANIZATIONS
• MARKETING
• RELIABILITY
• RISK ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE