There are two specific goals to achieve when implementingcybersecurity.
First, sensitive information should be kept out of reach of potential cyber attackers and other unauthorized individuals. Second,cybersecurity measures must not prevent authorized users from accessing information. Below are the three main principles of cybersecurity.
- Confidentiality, Cybersecurity should ensure that the information to be secured is only accessible to authorized users and prevents the disclosure of information to unauthorized parties.
- Integrity, The data or information in your system is maintained so that it it only accessible to authorized parties and kept hidden from unauthorized users.
- Availability, Systems should remain available through natural disasters & outages. Furthermore, the efforts to secure the information should not hinder those who have authorization.