The Case for a Security Information System
Steven Schlarman · Information Systems Security · 2002
The basic premise of developing any information system is to increase efficiency and manage information in an improved manner. Based on the definitions above, an information system is “a group of devices or artificial objects serving a common purpose to communicate knowledge or intelligence.” Most information systems evolve from processes that either manipulate much information or rely on complex calculations. In other words, information systems are developed either to manage information or to manipulate it. Systems are meant to receive input, manipulate the input, and provide output.