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U.S. Computer Security Act
The Computer Security Act of 1987, Act of Congress, Public Law No. 100-235 (H.R. 145), (Jan. 8, 1988), was a United States federal law enacted in 1987. It was intended to improve the security and privacy of sensitive information in federal computer systems and to establish minimally acceptable security practices for such systems. It required the creation of computer security plans, and appropriate training of system users or owners where the systems would display, process or store sensitive information. History It was repealed by the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 SEC. 305. (a) Provisions * Assigned the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, At the time named National Bureau of Standards) to develop standards of minimum acceptable practices with the help of the National Security Agency, NSA * Required establishment of security policies for Federal computer systems that contain sensitive information. * Mandatory security awareness training for fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commerce And Trade
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, national or international economies. More specifically, commerce is not business, but rather the part of business which facilitates the movement and distribution of finished or unfinished but valuable goods and services from the producers to the end consumers on a large scale, as opposed to the Procurement, sourcing of raw materials and manufacturing of those goods. Commerce is subtly different from trade as well, which is the final transaction, exchange or transfer of finished goods and services between a seller and an end consumer. Commerce not only includes trade as defined above, but also a series of transactions that happen between the producer and the seller with the help of the auxiliary services and means which facilitate such trade. Thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
