Information Security terms

Ensuring that only authorized users have access to sensitive information.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

Ensuring that data is accurate and has not been altered without authorization.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

Ensuring that information and systems are available to authorized users when needed.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

Verifying that a user or system is genuine and can be trusted.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

Ensuring that actions can be traced back to the responsible party.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

Data breach where sensitive customer data is exposed to unauthorized users.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

A hacker modifies financial records in a database to commit fraud.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack overwhelms a server, making it unavailable.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

A phishing attack tricks a user into logging into a fake website that mimics a legitimate one.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability

A user denies making certain changes to a system, but logs show they did.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

• Authenticity

• Accountability