IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

Threats Catalogue Deliberate Acts Remarks
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T 2.17 Inadequate labelling of data media
If the exchanged data media are not labelled properly, the recipient is
frequently unable to identify the sender, the stored information, or its purpose.
If the same sender is stated on several data media, inadequate labelling might
lead to disruption of the correct sequence.
Example:
A floppy disk containing data with a main focus on integrity of data is sent
from user ‘A’ to recipient ‘R’. The next day user ‘A’ recognises that there
were errors within the data. He sends a corrected version and announces the
new version to the recipient by telephone. The second floppy disk overtakes
the first one in the mailing process, and as a result of insufficient labelling, the
recipient assumes that the first floppy disk received carries the wrong data.
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000