IT Security: CIA Triad I will give the information type, and I need to know whet

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IT Security: CIA Triad

I will give the information type, and I need to know whether they're Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, or same level of importance. Then I need a quick comment on why that level was chosen.

Information Type:

Information Type:

Social Security Number of an Individual First Name and Last Name Credit Card Number Qualification Medical Information Publications Salary Place of Employment Country of Origin Parent Names Children Names Marital Status Passport Number Languages Spoken Drivers License Number Level of Education Major in College Date of Birth Citizenship Ethnic Background Criminal Records Spouse Name Grade Point Average in College Research Interest Investment Accounts

Explanation / Answer

Information Type:

All of the above types of information fall under "Personally Indentifiable Information (PII)" or "Personal Health Information (PHI)" - all of which fall under the "Confidentiality" type of the CIA triad.

Integrity and Availability of the CIA traid are a bit of different concepts. They don't apply directly to "certain types of information". Integrity means that a transaction on a particular information needs to be complete in all terms, or undone in all terms. This ensures that the data is in a complete state before and after the transaction. The integrity of the information - which implies a measure of how truthful the data / information is, needs to be maintained in case of Integrity.

Availability also applies to information in a similar manner. It simply means that information that might be required by a particular person with the said access level is always available. This includes unkeeping of hardware and other specifics that are needed for data to be made available 24*7. This forms a part of the security principals and hence the CIA triad because unavailability of data implies negligence and restrictions on the usage of that particular type of data which might lead to inability to address security breaches in realtime.

Information Type:

Social Security Number of an Individual: Confidentiality First Name and Last Name:Confidentiality Credit Card Number:Confidentiality Qualification:Confidentiality Medical Information:Confidentiality Publications:Confidentiality Salary:Confidentiality Place of Employment:Confidentiality Country of Origin:Confidentiality Parent Names:Confidentiality Children Names:Confidentiality Marital Status:Confidentiality Passport Number:Confidentiality Languages Spoken:Confidentiality Drivers License Number:Confidentiality Level of Education:Confidentiality Major in College:Confidentiality Date of Birth:Confidentiality Citizenship:Confidentiality Ethnic Background:Confidentiality Criminal Records:Confidentiality, Availability Spouse Name:Confidentiality Grade Point Average in College:Confidentiality Research Interest:Confidentiality Investment Accounts:Confidentiality

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