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[edit] Computer Security

Confidentiality is "assurance that information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons, processes, or devices." [1]

[edit] FISMA

Under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, confidentiality means "preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information."[2]

[edit] General

Confidentiality refers to the nondisclosure of information beyond an authorized group of people.

[edit] Security

Confidential is applied to information of which the unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause damage to the national security.

[edit] References

  1. National Telecomm. Info. Sys. Security Instructions (NSTISSI) 4009.
  2. 44 U.S.C. §3542.

[edit] See also