IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Safeguard Catalogue - Communications Remarks
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S 5.23 Selecting suitable types of dispatch for data
media
Initiation responsibility: Head of IT Section, IT Security Management
Implementation responsibility: IT-user
In addition to the instructions in 2.3 Data carrier Control, the type of dispatch
of data media should be selected in accordance with the respective threat
potential. As regards availability, timely delivery should be guaranteed by the
selected type of dispatch. The bigger the number of persons involved in
dispatch and the longer the periods for which the data medium remain
unsupervised, the more difficult it is to ensure confidentiality and integrity.
Appropriate types of dispatch should therefore be selected.
Some of the types of dispatch available are:
- The Postal Service
- Federal Railway
- Courier services
- Personal couriers and
- Personal delivery
Additional controls:
- Are the types of dispatch for data media selected in accordance with their
respective protection requirements?
- Are reliable transport agencies and couriers available?
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000