Why does it needs to be Protected
What you’re protectng it rom
CIA
Confdentality
Integrity
Availability
Confidentiality
Confdentality is the the characteristc o a resource ensuring access is restricted to only permieed
users, applicatons or computer systems.
Confdentality deal iith ieeping in ormaton netioris and system secure rom unauthorieded access.
There are several technologies that support confdentality in a enterprise security implementaton
- Strong encrypton
- Strong Authentcaton
- Stringent access control
Integrity
Integrity is a defned as the consistency accuracy, and validity o data or in ormaton
One o the goals o a success ul in ormaton security program is to ensure that data is protected
against any unauthorieded or accidental changes.
, Availability
Availability describes a resource begin accessible to a user, applicaton or computer system ihen
required
In other iords availability means that ihen a user needs to get in ormaton he or she has the ability
to do so.
Typically threats to availability come in tio types accidental and deliberate
Risi management is the process o ident ying assessing and prioriteding threats and risis.
A risi is generally defned as the probability that an event iill occur.
A threat ihich is defned as an acton or occurrence that could result in the beach outage or
corrupton o a system by exploitng inoi or uninoin vulnerabilites.
The goal o any risi management plan is to remove risis ihen possible and to minimiede the
consequences o risis that cannot be eliminated.
Risi assessments are used to ident y the risis that might impact your partcular environment.
Dealing with risks
Afer you have prioriteded your risis you are ready to choose rom among the our generally accepted
responses to these risis they include :
- Avoidance
- Acceptance
- Mitgaton
- Trans er