IT Security Principles

According to NIST there are 33 IT security principles which are grouped into six categories: 1) Security Foundation 2) Risk Based 3) Ease of Use 4) Increase Resilience 5) Reduce Vulnerabilities 6) Design with Network in Mind.

These principles can be found in the document with NIST code 800-27 in the following link: (http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-27A/SP800-27-RevA.pdf)

NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology