Security concepts · Question 1 of 12

Which security goal is violated when an attacker only reads payroll data but does not change it?

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Answer

  • B Confidentiality

Explanation

Confidentiality means that only authorized people can view information. If data is read without authorization, exactly this goal is violated, even if not a single byte was changed. Integrity would only be affected if the data were manipulated.

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