Which of the following acts is used to recognize the importance of information security to the
economic and national security interests of the United States?

A.
Computer Misuse Act

B.
Lanham Act

C.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

D.
FISMA

Explanation:
The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 is a United States
federal law enacted in 2002 as Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002. The act recognized the
importance of information security to the economic and national security interests of the United
States. The act requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that
support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another
agency, contractor, or other source. FISMA has brought attention within the federal government to
cybersecurity and explicitly emphasized a ‘risk-based policy for cost-effective security’. FISMA
requires agency program officials, chief information officers, and Inspectors Generals (IGs) to
conduct annual reviews of the agency’s information security program and report the results to
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB uses this data to assist in its oversight
responsibilities and to prepare this annual report to Congress on agency compliance with the act.
of trademark law in the United States. The Act prohibits a number of activities, including trademark
infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising. It is also called Lanham Trademark Act.
the following statement: Unauthorized access to the computer material is punishable by 6 months
imprisonment or a fine “not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale” (currently 5000).
Unauthorized access with the intent to commit or facilitate commission of further offences is
punishable by 6 months/maximum fine on summary conviction or 5 years/fine on indictment.
Unauthorized modification of computer material is subject to the same sentences as section 2
offences.
Congress in 1984 intended to reduce cracking of computer systems and to address federal
computer-related offenses. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (codified as 18 U.S.C. 1030)
governs cases with a compelling federal interest, where computers of the federal government or
certain financial institutions are involved, where the crime itself is interstate in nature, or computers
used in interstate and foreign commerce. It was amended in 1986, 1994, 1996, in 2001 by the

USA PATRIOT Act, and in 2008 by the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act. Section (b)
of the act punishes anyone who not just commits or attempts to commit an offense under the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act but also those who conspire to do so.