Stoneburner, G.
(2001),
Engineering Principles for Information Technology Security, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=151238
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Engineering Principles for Information Technology Security
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In June 2001, ITL released NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-27, Engineering Principles for Information Technology Security (EP-ITS), by Gary Stoneburner, Clark Hayden, and Alexis Feringa. Engineering Principles for Information Technology (IT) Security (EP-ITS) provides a list of system-level security principles to be considered in the design, development, and operation of an information system. This bulletin presents an overview of the document.Citation
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computer security, engineering principles, IT security, security baseline
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Created June 1, 2001, Updated February 19, 2017