Information Security Flashcards

Topic 1A

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CIA Triad

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The Three principles of security control and management. Also known as the information security triad. Also referred to in reverse order as the AIC triad.

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Confidentiality

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The fundamental security goal of keeping information and communications private and protecting them from unauthorized access.

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Integrity

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The fundamental security goal of keeping organizational information accurate, free of errors, and without unauthorized modifications.

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Availability

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Means that information is accessible to those authorized to view or modify it.

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Non-repudiation

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The security goal of ensuring that the party that sent a transmission or created data remains associated with that data and cannot deny sending or creating that data.

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