What is the CIA triad?
CIA stands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability, the three most essential concepts in cybersecurity. Confidentiality guarantees privacy, and that information is only available to authorized persons or systems; integrity is consistent, accurate, and trustworthy data over its entire lifetime; availability is the resource that is consistently ready and accessible for authorized personnel (Chai. W). The CIA Triad is a guide of connected concepts for organizations to maintain order in the highest quality of security.
Authentication
Authentication verifies the user of that system identity.
Ex.) With the technology today, you can use your iPhone to authenticate your face and identity by accessing your bank account through your phone.
Authorization
Authorization is granted access by someone else, usually a higher authority.
Ex.) Working for the CIA as an employee who may have been working there for well over 20 years after proving himself repeatedly may be given more intense or discrete work from the rest of his co-workers. He may only access the documents via authorization from the
Directorate of Operations (DO), the Directorate of Intelligence (DI), the Directorate of Administration (DA), or the Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T).
References
Chai, W. (2022, June 28). What is the CIA triad_ definition, explanation, examples –
techtarget.pdf. Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1898r4pGpKHN6bmKcwlxPdVZpCC6Moy8l/view
The Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.).
https://irp.fas.org/offdocs/int010.html#:~:text=The%20CIA%20is%20divided%20into,hea
ded%20by%20a%20Deputy%20Director.