From the course: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) (CS0-003) Cert Prep: 1 Security Operations
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The goals of information security
From the course: CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+) (CS0-003) Cert Prep: 1 Security Operations
The goals of information security
- [Narrator] Cybersecurity analysts have broad and important responsibilities for safeguarding the information and systems that are often an organization's most valuable assets. When we think of the goals of information security, we often use a model known as the CIA triad, shown here. This model highlights the three most important functions that information security professionals perform in an enterprise, confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Confidentiality ensures that only authorized individuals have access to information and resources. And confidentiality is what most people think of when they think about information security. Keeping secrets away from prying eyes. And it is in fact how security professionals spend the majority of their time. Malicious individuals seeking to undermine confidentiality are often said to engage in disclosure, making sensitive information available to individuals, or the general…
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