Tenets of Information Security: The C-I-A Triad
The practice of securing information involves ensuring three main attributes of information. These three attributes are often called the tenets of information security, or the C-I-A triad. Some security professionals may refer to it as the A-I-C triad, but the concept is the same. The three tenets of information security are:
Confidentiality—The assurance that the information cannot be accessed or viewed by unauthorized users is confidentiality.
Integrity—The assurance that the information cannot be changed by unauthorized users is integrity.
Availability—The assurance that the information is available to authorized users in an acceptable time frame when the information is requested is availability ...
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