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Information security is a set of mechanisms, techniques, measures, and administrative processes deployed to protect information and information systems against unauthorized access or modification, whether in storage, processing, or transit, and against denial of service to authorized users. Information Security is used to provide for the protection of information and its critical elements, including systems and hardware that use, store, and transmit that information. The main tenets of information security are Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. In recent news articles, the National Security Agency (NSA) has come under fire by media sources and the public for invasion of privacy. Privacy is an important part of information systems and is covered by confidentiality, which is one of the three tenets of the CIA triad. The intent of this paper is to examine the structure and involvement of the NSA and other National Defense organizations in terms of Information Systems surveillance from a technical standpoint and its impact on privacy in hopes of showing the good of these programs outweigh the bad and that acknowledging the importance of data confidentiality, metadata surveillance for national defense is a good thing. The main tenets of information security are Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Confidentiality is protecting your sensitive information from unauthorized access. Integrity is protecting data from modification or deletion by unauthorized entities and ensuring that if unauthorized changes are made the damage can be undone. System availability refers to making sure organizational assets are available when access is needed. Information privacy refers to the relationship between collection of data and the public expectation of privacy. Privacy is an important part of information systems security. Privacy is a part of confidentiality. The public expectation of privacy is to not allow anyone to "know our business".

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