The Computer Security Act of 1987,
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No. 100-235 (H.R. 145), (Jan. 8, 1988), is a
United States federal law
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enacted in 1987. It is 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.
Provisions
* Assigned the
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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(NIST, At the time named National Bureau of Standards) to develop standards of minimum acceptable practices with the help of the
NSA
* Required establishment of security policies for Federal computer systems that contain sensitive information.
* Mandatory security awareness training for federal employees that use those systems.
References
HR 145
Electronic Privacy Information Center
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1987 in American law
100th United States Congress
United States federal computing legislation