{"id":300,"date":"2025-12-08T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/?p=300"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:05:01","slug":"the-cia-triad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/2025\/12\/08\/the-cia-triad\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA Triad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CIA Triad is a core concept in cybersecurity that stands for Confidentiality Integrity and<br>Availability and is used to protect information from being misused or lost. Confidentiality means<br>keeping data private and only allowing access to the right people this can be done with<br>encryption, strong passwords and multi-factor authentication. Integrity means making sure<br>information stays accurate and is not changed or corrupted this is handled with version control<br>checksums and digital signatures. Availability means data and systems are accessible<br>whenever needed which requires maintaining hardware keeping software up to date using<br>backups and having disaster recovery plans. Authentication is how a system proves someone is<br>who they say they are this could be with passwords biometrics or security tokens. Authorization<br>happens after authentication and decides what a person can do once they are verified for<br>example a verified employee may be able to access certain files or run specific programs while<br>others remain blocked. Authentication always comes first because the system needs to know<br>the user is real and then authorization determines what they are allowed to do. Understanding<br>the CIA Triad along with authentication and authorization is important because it helps<br>organizations keep their data safe prevent breaches and make sure systems are reliable for the<br>people who need them. For example a bank may use multi-factor authentication to verify a<br>customer\u2019s identity and then authorize access only to their personal accounts but not other<br>accounts. These principles guide the way companies secure networks devices and sensitive<br>information and form the foundation of all modern cybersecurity practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CIA Triad is a core concept in cybersecurity that stands for Confidentiality Integrity andAvailability and is used to protect information from being misused or lost. Confidentiality meanskeeping data private and only allowing access to the right people this can be done withencryption, strong passwords and multi-factor authentication. Integrity means making sureinformation stays accurate and&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/2025\/12\/08\/the-cia-triad\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31508,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31508"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/dustinleblanc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}