© Ahmed F. Sheikh 2020
A. F. SheikhCompTIA Security+ Certification Study Guidehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6234-4_1

1. General Security Concepts and Trends

Ahmed F. Sheikh1 
(1)
Miami, FL, USA
 

In this chapter, we will review the goals of an information security program, and you will be introduced to the information security model, a three-dimensional model, which will be the foundation for learning the concepts of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to
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    Identify the concepts of confidentiality, integrity and availability.

     
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    Perform packet-level analysis.

     

Information Security Model

In 1991, John McCumber created a model framework for establishing and evaluating information security (information ...

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