{"id":295,"date":"2026-05-03T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/gage-wright\/?p=295"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:00:14","slug":"the-cia-triad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/gage-wright\/2026\/05\/03\/the-cia-triad\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA Triad"},"content":{"rendered":"An organization&#8217;s cyber security is one of the most important aspects in today&#8217;s<br \/>age as well as protection from intellectual property and insider threats, to ensure an<br \/>organization&#8217;s security many organizations use the CIA triad as a guide to outline policy<br \/>as well as using authentication and authorization to protect information. The CIA triad<br \/>was created to outline the three most important policies when addressing information<br \/>security within organizations, those being Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.<br \/>According to Wesley Chai the triad does not have a single creator (Chai, 2022, p. 6) but<br \/>rather a combination of concepts that have been studied and slowly developed over the<br \/>years from many sources.<br \/>The three pillars all work harmoniously in order to provide organizations with a<br \/>trusted framework when creating their own policies and procedures. I like to think of it as<br \/>a home. Confidentiality is focused on safeguarding customers as well as an organization&#8217;s<br \/>sensitive information, such as bank account information, Social Security Numbers, or<br \/>private medical information, like the doors and blinds of your home giving you privacy<br \/>from on passerbys. A systems integrity is how safe or protected a system or infrastructure<br \/>is, think of it like the lock for your home protecting you and your family. And finally<br \/>accessibility, this is just ensuring the right people have access to the right things, like the<br \/>keys to your home or the code to your garage.<br \/>In addition to the CIA Triad organizations also use Authorization and<br \/>Authentication to protect private or sensitive information. A user&#8217;s authorizations are<br \/>often based on the type of role they hold within an organization i.e. you wouldn&#8217;t want a<br \/>sales associate to have access to the whole company&#8217;s payroll information. Authentication<br \/>is implemented to ensure a user is who they say, some examples would be 2 factor<br \/>Authentication, tokens, or PINs. According to Kosinski \u201cauthentication helps<br \/>organizations defend user accounts, while authorization helps defend the systems those<br \/>accounts can access.\u201d (Kosinski, 2026, Authentication vs. Authorization: What&#8217;s the<br \/>Difference? | IBM)<br \/>In conclusion, all these factors work together to safeguard companies and their<br \/>customers&#8217; information as well as critical infrastructure. The CIA triad is a great guide for<br \/>companies but is also not all encompassing for every policy or procedure a company may<br \/>need. I also expect most organizations to implement new forms of Authentications as<br \/>cyber attacks become more and more advanced","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization&#8217;s cyber security is one of the most important aspects in today&#8217;sage as well as protection from intellectual property and insider threats, to ensure anorganization&#8217;s security many organizations use the CIA triad as a guide to outline policyas well as using authentication and authorization to protect information. 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