CIA

Question 1

What is the CIA triad in computer security?

Answer 1

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability—key principles for building secure systems.

Question 2

What is confidentiality in the CIA triad?

Answer 2

Only authorized parties can access assets, also known as secrecy or privacy.

Question 3

What is integrity in the CIA triad?

Answer 3

Assets can only be modified by authorized parties or in authorized ways.

Question 4

What is availability in the CIA triad?

Answer 4

Assets are accessible to authorized parties at appropriate times, with denial of service as its opposite.

Question 5

What is the main challenge of the CIA triad?

Answer 5

Building a secure system that ensures confidentiality, integrity, and availability simultaneously.