The CIA Triad 1.2

Question 1

What does CIA stand for?

Answer 1

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Question 2

Confidentiality

Answer 2

Prevent unauthorized information disclosure through the use of encryption, access controls (selectively restrict access to a resource), and two factor authentication.

Question 3

Integrity

Answer 3

Data is stored and transferred as intended. Messages can’t be modified without detection. Achieved by using hashing, digital signatures, certificates, and non-repudiation (Provides proof of integrity).

Question 4

Availability

Answer 4

Information should be available to authorized users. This is achieved by using redundancy, fault tolerance, and patching.