Document Security Parameters

Electronic documents can be protected by assigning security parameters that travel with it. Six criteria must be met in order to provide more effective protection for an electronic document throughout its lifecycle:

1 Confidentiality
2 Authorization
3 Accountability
4 Integrity
5 Authenticity
6 Non-repudiation

The two major security techniques used to establish these six document security criteria are document control and digital signatures. For more infomation see security threats.