Información
codificada de alguna manera para poder recuperar su significado.
A subset of information in
an electronic format that allows it to be retrieved or transmitted. [CNSSI_4009:2010]
(I) Information in a
specific representation, usually as a sequence of symbols that have meaning. [RFC4949:2007]
In the area of Information
Security, data (and the individual elements that comprise the data) is
processed, formatted and re-presented, so that it gains meaning and thereby
becomes information. Information Security is concerned with the protection and
safeguard of that information which, in its various forms can be identified as
Business Assets or Information Assets.
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