(Technical Security Countermeasures IATF Release 3.1-September 2002)
Chapter 4
Technical Security Countermeasures
The Authors of the Information Assurance Technical Framework (IATF) recognize the importance of using both technical and nontechnical countermeasures in formulating an effective overall security solution to address attacks at all layers of the information infrastructure. This chapter of the IATF discusses principles for determining appropriate technical security countermeasures. It includes information on attacks, important security services, robustness strategy, the interoberalibity framework, and the Key Management Infrastructure (KMI)/Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). It also provides background for the detailed technical discussions contained in later sections of the IATF.