Maintaining the C-I-A Triad in the Microsoft Windows OS World

Every security control deployed should directly address a security policy goal. Each goal in the security policy should support one or more of the C-I-A triad properties—confidentiality, integrity, and availability. As controls are developed and deployed, be sure to protect all three properties for data at multiple layers. Any unaddressed security property leaves your data vulnerable to attack.

Maintaining Confidentiality

Protecting data confidentiality means keeping it safe from unauthorized access. All object access decisions made in Windows depend on the effective user. The effective user is the user account that is running the process requesting object access. Any decision ...

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