NAVSO P-5239-01, INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY (INFOSEC) GUIDEBOOK

NAVSO P-5239-01, INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY(INFOSEC)GUIDEBOOK. Navy Staff Office Publication (NAVSO Pub) 5239, "Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Program Guidelines" is issued by the Naval Information Systems Management Center. It consists of a series of modules providing procedural, technical, administrative and/or supplemental guidance for all information systems, whether business or tactical, used in the automatic acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission or receipt of data. Each module will focus on a distinct program element and describe a standard methodology for planning, implementing and executing that element of the INFOSEC program within the Department of the Navy (DON). This module, "Introduction to Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Guidebook", provides a basic introduction to INFOSEC and summarizes the DoN INFOSEC Program. The guidance contained herein applies to all DON AIS's and is effective upon receipt. Electronic versions of this document may be download via anonymous ftp from infosec.nosc.mil or //http://infosec.nosc.mil/inf.html.