Glossary of main cybercrime and cybersecurity related terms 435
Intangible goods Goods owned by organizations but impossible to be perceived by the
senses (digital information).
Integrity The state of something that has remained intact. Security criterion which, if met,
makes it possible to ensure that a resource has not been altered (modied or destroyed) in
unauthorized fashion.
Intellectual property Property that derives from the work of an individual’s mind or intel-
lect. Early copyright law aimed to protect the economic interests of book publishers rather than
the intellectual rights of authors. Modern copyright law protects the labour of elaborating an
idea, but not the idea itself. The concept of discovery also plays ...