The Open Security Architecture

Outlines the Open Security Architecture (OSA). OSA is an architecture which will provide the basis for the selection, design and integration of products providing security and control for a network of desktop personal computers, “mobile” notebook computers,servers and mainframes. States that the purpose of this architecture is to provide an environment where: acceptable and workable controls can be placed on sensitive data; user productivity and existing investments in applications are not negatively impacted by the addition of control and security; data flow around the organization, and the investment that has been put in place to support this capability (e.g. local‐area,wide‐area, and telephonebased networks) can still be used to enhance information exchange between users; and all workstations, regardless of their location, operating system, or capability to connect to a network,can be included and easily administered under this architecture.