What are the three goals of information security, known as the CIA triad?
Options
- Confidentiality, integrity, availability (Correct option)
- Compilation, installation, authentication
- Cryptography, identity, authorization
- Cloud, internet and access management
Answer
Confidentiality, integrity, availability
Why
- Confidentiality: only authorized people can read the information (NIST: preserving authorized restrictions on information access and disclosure).
- Integrity: the information cannot be changed in an unauthorized or unnoticed way.
- Availability: the information and the system are usable when needed.
Example: encrypting data protects confidentiality, hashes and signatures protect integrity, backups and redundancy protect availability.
Remember
CIA = confidentiality, integrity, availability.