The Information Assurance is a superset of information security; it covers much broader range of information protec¬tion and management aspects including business/information continuity, disaster recovery, compliance, certification and accreditation, etc. 1 Increase level of protection Provide minimum requirements to increase the level of protection of information systems and supporting systems 2 Prioritization of controls Applying the standards by a methodology that takes into consideration potential risks 3 Defining roles and responsibilities Applying the standards by a methodology that takes into consideration potential risks 4 Standards applicability to other criteria Complements the information security standards currently in place in the relevant authorities 5 Source of unified national standards: Providing unified national standards to ensure the security of information in all concerned entities in the country The Common Standard The Information Assurance Standards 13