CIA triad · Question 2 of 12

Which security objective ensures that data is not changed without being noticed?

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Answer

  • B Integrity

Explanation

Integrity means that information is complete, correct and unchanged, and that changes only happen in an authorized way. It also includes detecting unauthorized changes, for example with checksums or hash values. Confidentiality, by contrast, protects against reading, not against modification.

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