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Guide to Selecting Information Technology Security Products

Published

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Marc Stevens, Marissa Myers

Abstract

The selection of IT security products is an integral part of the design, development and maintenance of an IT security infrastructure that ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability of mission critical information. The guide seeks to assist in choosing IT security products that meet an organization's requirements. It should be used with other NIST publications to develop a comprehensive approach to meeting an organization's computer security and information assurance requirements. This guide defines broad security product categories, specifies product types within those categories, and then provides a list of characteristics and pertinent questions an organization should ask when selecting a product from within these categories.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-36
Report Number
800-36

Keywords

computer security, enterprise architecture, life cycle, products, security controls

Citation

Grance, T. , Stevens, M. and Myers, M. (2003), Guide to Selecting Information Technology Security Products, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=151284 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created October 9, 2003, Updated February 19, 2017