Policy paper

Information security and assurance

Information security and assurance are the processes and mechanisms needed to build a secure and reliable ICT infrastructure.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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Information security and assurance

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Information Security and Assurance (ISA) are the processes and mechanisms needed to build a secure and reliable ICT infrastructure. Improved interconnectivity will enable authorised users to access information more readily across departments.  However this depends on good information assurance practices across government, and by all those that handle information on behalf of government.

Published 4 October 2010