Talk:Information security

Proper title?

Actually, I started out thinking I was going to call it "secure communication", in the sense of "what makes a communication secure". Communications security fell out from pure editing I was doing in cryptography.

Looking at this article, I'm wondering if "information security" is an even better title, perhaps reserving "communications security" for cipher#bulk encryption, spread spectrum/frequency agility, red-black engineering, protection against things like Operation RAFTER, etc.

Thoughts? Comments?

Howard C. Berkowitz 17:37, 9 August 2008 (CDT)

I prefer "information security" as a title for a top-level article. "communications security" excludes things like secure storage, "cryptography" excludes spread spectrum, and so on, but some of the concepts & techniques are common to all those. There needs to be one overview article that covers the more general issues and links down to various lower level articles. Of course, they should generally link up to it too. This article isn't there yet, but it is a fine start. Sandy Harris 13:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

A quote

While looking for something else, I ran across this quote from Gene Spafford:

Secure web servers are the equivalent of heavy armored cars. The problem is, they are being used to transfer rolls of coins and checks written in crayon by people on park benches to merchants doing business in cardboard boxes from beneath highway bridges. Further, the roads are subject to random detours, anyone with a screwdriver can control the traffic lights, and there are no police.

Source [1]. I'm not sure where this fits in, but it seemed worth dropping here for future reference. Sandy Harris 13:46, 24 October 2008 (UTC)