{"id":282,"date":"2026-02-19T01:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/?p=282"},"modified":"2026-02-19T01:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T01:35:03","slug":"the-cia-triad-and-its-importance-to-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/2026\/02\/19\/the-cia-triad-and-its-importance-to-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA Triad and It&#8217;s Importance to Cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"The CIA Triad is a safety program put in place to model practices and procedures pertaining to information systems by means of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.  This system implements the usage of confidentiality by preventing sensitive information from unauthorized access attempts.  It also uses integrity by maintaining consistency, accuracy, and trustworthiness of data, as well as the usage of availability, meaning information being accessible for authorized parties.  These are the most important concepts within cybersecurity and information security.  Without the CIA Triad safety program, there would be a huge lack of security and trust within organizations.   <br \/>Confidentiality <br \/>Confidentiality is important because it protects sensitive information from users who should not have the information.  Examples of confidentiality include requiring an account number and routing number when using online banking.  The system of two-factor authentications are becoming increasingly popular, as well as biometric verification and security tokens, or key fobs.   <br \/>Integrity <br \/> \tIntegrity is valuable because it includes file permissions and user access controls (Chai, <br \/>2022).  Integrity is about trustworthiness, which is extremely important in the cybersecurity world.  An example of integrity would be the usage of digital signatures to provide evidence of logins and so electronic document viewing and sending can\u2019t be denied.   <br \/>Availability <br \/>Availability means information should be consistently and readily accessible for authorized parties (Chai, 2022).  Think of bank services- we are easily and safely able to access funds if needed.  The usage of safe procedures and programs allow for secure networks by \u201cmaintaining a properly functioning operating system environment that is free of software conflicts.\u201d     <br \/>Conclusion <br \/> \tIt is important to understand the CIA Triad, and all that it does for the cybersecurity world.  The CIA Triad is a vital system that keeps people\u2019s personal assets and information protected.  Without this system in place, people\u2019s info would easily be accessible.   <br \/> <br \/>Citations <br \/>What is the CIA Triad_ Definition, Explanation, Examples &#8211; TechTarget.pdf. (2022, <br \/>June 28). Google Docs. <br \/>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1898r4pGpKHN6bmKcwlxPdVZpCC6Moy8l\/v iew?pli=1 <br \/><br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CIA Triad is a safety program put in place to model practices and procedures pertaining to information systems by means of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This system implements the usage of confidentiality by preventing sensitive information from unauthorized access attempts. It also uses integrity by maintaining consistency, accuracy, and trustworthiness of data, as well&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/2026\/02\/19\/the-cia-triad-and-its-importance-to-cybersecurity\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32167,"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\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eblank1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}