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Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems
Published
Author(s)
Ronald S. Ross, Marianne M. Swanson
Abstract
The purpose of this document is to provide a standard for categorizing federal information and information systems according to an agency's level of concern for confidentiality, integrity, and availability and the potential impact on agency assets and operations should their information and information systems be compromised through unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.