Title: Describe the critical factors of information assurance.
Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (10302-I) > Section: Exploring Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Description should include

- explaining that the CIA triad model provides the baseline standard of evaluating and implementing information security measures on any system
- stating that each component in the CIA triad has designated goals that provide distinct requirements, and that each goal provides an essential component of information security measures
- identifying the goals within the CIA triad and defining the terms as they apply to cybersecurity
  - confidentiality―ensures that data are only accessed by authorized person(s) through security measures such as usernames and passwords and access control lists (ACL)
  - integrity―ensures the data are trusted. This means data must be guarded against unauthorized changes; methods of ensuring integrity include data permissions and encryption
  - availability―provides solutions to ensure that systems can be accessed when requested; this includes providing deploying system protections and proper hardware maintenance and system patching.

Additional components should include

- authentication―process in which credentials are provided to verify the identity of an entity (e.g., user, system)
- nonrepudiation―a cryptologic technique that provides the proof of the integrity and origin of data.