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'''Communications security (COMSEC)''' encompasses the policies, procedures and technologies used to protect information in transmission, whether that information be generated by computers or not. It complements | '''Communications security (COMSEC)''' encompasses the policies, procedures and technologies used to protect information in transmission, whether that information be generated by computers or not. It complements computer security]], which protects information in computers. | ||
Many of the same criteria of | Many of the same criteria of information assurance]] apply, but not all, and there are some aspects unique to COMSEC. For example, it can be critical, especially in military contexts, to conceal the location of a radio transmitter, because the enemy may try to destroy it — and anyone around it — not just intercept its transmissions. | ||
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 Communications security (COMSEC) encompasses the policies, procedures and technologies used to protect information in transmission, whether that information be generated by computers or not. It complements computer security]], which protects information in computers. Many of the same criteria of information assurance]] apply, but not all, and there are some aspects unique to COMSEC. For example, it can be critical, especially in military contexts, to conceal the location of a radio transmitter, because the enemy may try to destroy it — and anyone around it — not just intercept its transmissions. |
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