Best Practices - The Optimum Way (defined by vendor, industry or discipline)

Due Care and Due Diligence - The care provided to insure security principles are properly implemented.

Legal Compliance - Federal, State Laws or Interagency guidelines and directives.

Security Products: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Accountability

Security Goal: To prevent security failures; a security failure is when a control has been successfully bypassed or has blocked legitimate use. It could also be described as any state in which the desired Security Products have not been produced.