IBM Data Security and Data Processing Manuals
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains a series of six volumes published by IBM as a result of the company's study in the early 1970s on computer security. Missing from the collection is volume 3, part 1.
Dates
- Creation: June 1974
Creator
- International Business Machines Corporation (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access to materials:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.
Copyright:
The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).
Historical Note
In the early 1970s, IBM did a landmark study of computer security. As a result, the company published a set of manuals under the series name "Data Security and Data Processing." The series of manuals came to be known unofficially as the Rainbow Series.
Extent
1 box (0.25 cubic feet)
Abstract
Collection contains a series of six volumes published by IBM as a result of the company's study in the early 1970s on computer security.
Acquisition:
The collection was donated in 2011 by RSH Consulting, Inc.
Subject
- International Business Machines Corporation (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- IBM Data Security and Data Processing Manuals
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid.
- Author
- Prepared by Stephanie Crowe, January 2011.
- Date
- January 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
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