Re: Want better workplace security?

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Robert G. Ferrell <rferrell () texas net>


> SOUND RIDICULOUS? The U.S. government doesn't think so. Preventing
> such a scenario is one of the goals behind a project called
> "Tempest," an acronym for Telecommunications Electronics Material
> Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions.

The term "TEMPEST" is obsolete.  It has been replaced, for those of
you who care, by EMSEC, or "Emissions Security."

If you'd like some additional factual information about TEMPEST/EMSEC,
I heartily recommend James Atkinson's TEMPEST primer at

http://www.tscm.com/TSCM101tempest.html

He has compiled a wealth of useful info on TEMPEST and the standards
associated with it.  I just wish he'd lose the oscilloscope tracing
background, because it gives me a headache trying to read over it.  
;-)

Cheers,

RGF



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