Guideline on integrity assurance and control in database administration
United States · 1981
Series of the National Bureau of Standards is the official publication relating to standards adopted and promulgated under the provisions of Public Law 89-306 (Brooks Act) and under Part 6 of Title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.These legislative and executive mandates have given the Secretary of Commerce important responsibilities for improving the utilization and management of computers and automatic data processing in the Federal Government.To carry out the Secretary's responsibilities, the NBS, through its Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, provides leadership, technical guidance, and coordination of Government efforts in the development of guidelines and standards in these areas.The need for policies and procedures to help assure the integrity and security of Federal databases has been recognized for some time.Office of Management and Budget Circular A-71, Transmittal Memorandum No. 1, requires that each Federal agency establish a management control process to assure that appropriate safeguards are built into all new computer applications* The June 1979 report from the Comptroller General of the United States to the Congress entitled "Data Base Management Systems-Without Careful Planning There Can Be Problems" pointed out that the determination of whether or not adequate controls exist over data input and processing is very complex in a modern database environment.Therefore, NBS makes available this Guideline to provide Federal agencies with explicit advice on database integrity and security control.