The Information Assurance Technical Framework (IATF) is an
overview document on security needs and potential technology solutions for information systems
and networks. The IATF—and its predecessor, the Network Security Framework document—is
the result of a collaborative effort by various organizations in the U.S. Government and industry.
The IATF is a living document; this Release 3.1 is its fourth major release. We will continue to
evolve the IATF to keep up with technology advances and to ensure that the IATF remains
consistent with the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance (IA) architectures and
the Defense-In-Depth strategy. This September 2002 CD-ROM presents Release 3.1 of the
IATF. To be certain that you are viewing the latest release of the IATF, please visit the IATF
Forum Web site at http://www.iatf.net.