It is stated that Confidentiality, integrity, and availability, also known as the CIA triad, is a model
designed to guide policies for information security within an organization. The CIA triad
comprises three primary building blocks: Confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Chai &
Hashemi, 2023). Confidentiality prevents unauthorized users from gaining access by
encryptions, identity verification, and data protection. It is also defined as measures to preven
sensitive information from unauthorized access attempts. It is common for data to be classified
according to the amount and type of damage that could be done if it fell into the wrong hands.
(Chai & Hashemi, 2023) In addition, it is stated that integrity involves maintaining data
consistency, accuracy, and trustworthiness over its entire life cycle (Chai & Hashemi, 2023).
Lastly, availability means information should be consistently and readily accessible to authorized
parties (Chai & Hashemi, 2023).

Also, during my research, I learned about authentication and authorization, both crucial elements
of security, but they have separate objectives. Identify a user’s identity. This is known as
authentication, and some authentication methods are as follows: multifunction authentication,
voice recognition, facial recognition, fingerprint scan, or iris scan. Furthermore, authorization
allows or restricts users to access based on permission. For example, everyone uses online
banking. When logging in, a person must enter their username and password to prove that it is
them. This is known as authentication. After logging in, this individual may have limited access
to what they can do. For instance, they can only view their account balance and past transactions,
but they are not allowed to transfer money from the accounts, add users, apply for loans or credit
cards, or change the account settings without permission. This is due to the restricted access
placed on the user who has logged into the bank account. This is an example of authorization.

Work Cite
Hashemi-Pour, C., & Chai, W. (2023, December 21). What is the CIA triad?: Definition from
TechTarget. https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Confidentiality-integrity-and-
availability-CIA?jr=onm