Information Assurance

Information Assurance defined -- Information operations undertaken to protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their:

Availability, Integrity, Authentication, Confidentiality, and Non-Repudiation

This includes providing for the restoration of information systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities.

Information assurance is a directive that reinforces Department of Defense's interest in safeguarding its information. Warfighters require instant reliable information accessible through many modes -- computer, video-teleconferencing, imagery etc