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Information security, sometimes shortened to infosec, [ 1] is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. [ 2][ 3] It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data or the unlawful use, disclosure, disruption ...
Information security management ( ISM) defines and manages controls that an organization needs to implement to ensure that it is sensibly protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of assets from threats and vulnerabilities. The core of ISM includes information risk management, a process that involves the assessment of the ...
An example of a physical security measure: a metal lock on the back of a personal computer to prevent hardware tampering. Computer security (also cybersecurity, digital security, or information technology (IT) security) is the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of (or damage to) hardware, software, or ...
Information assurance ( IA) is the practice of assuring information and managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information. Information assurance includes protection of the integrity, availability, authenticity, non-repudiation and confidentiality of user data. [ 1] IA encompasses both digital protections ...
Information security standards. Information security standards (also cyber security standards[ 1]) are techniques generally outlined in published materials that attempt to protect the cyber environment of a user or organization. [ 2] This environment includes users themselves, networks, devices, all software, processes, information in storage ...
Information privacy. Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. [ 1] It is also known as data privacy[ 2] or data protection .
An information security audit is an audit of the level of information security in an organization. It is an independent review and examination of system records, activities, and related documents. These audits are intended to improve the level of information security, avoid improper information security designs, and optimize the efficiency of ...
Data security. Data security means protecting digital data, such as those in a database, from destructive forces and from the unwanted actions of unauthorized users, [ 1] such as a cyberattack or a data breach. [ 2]