Introduction
Advances in information and communications technology (ICT) are allowing for greater accessibility, mobility, convenience, efficiency and productivity across almost all aspects of Australian life. Australia’s national security, economic prosperity and social wellbeing now depend on ICT, and the Internet in particular. The security of sensitive government and commercial information, the security of our digital infrastructure, and public and international confidence in Australia as a safe place to do business online are critical to our future. Because any Internet–connected device or computer system is highly susceptible to malicious cyber activity, our dependence on ICT also brings greater exposure to threats. The threat is not
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This essay will be comparing the CIA-triad to the Parkerian Hexad.
CIA-triad
The CIA-triad is one of the backbones of InfoSec. It comprises of three main components: Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability.
Confidentiality is the protection of information from unauthorized access. This is the assurance that information provided has not been made known to unauthorized persons, processes or devices. The application of this security service suggests information labeling and need-to-know imperatives are core aspects of the system security policy. Information, in today’s world, has value and everyone has information they wish to keep secret. Information such as credit card details, trade secrets, personal information, government documents, and many more. It was stated (Securitas Operandi™, 2008) that, we are bound to keep many secrets – corporate, staff, and personal secrets. We must keep this confidential information under wraps and earn the trust of employers, colleagues, and regulators every day. Mechanisms to enforce this include cryptography, which is, encrypting and decrypting data, access controls such as
Since 1947, when the Central Intelligence Agency was created, the United States has had an organization that has the sole purpose of conducting covert operations, collecting information, and providing that same information to the respective personnel. Although, this, by some, has been considered conflictual as the CIA is handling those three actions. It is considered that this may be a conflict of interest in a means of, the same people that are collecting information, creating a bias opinion, are conducting the covert action being carried out. This could create a bias work environment. Due to the professionalism and 60 years of success to show for it, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Clandestine Service (NCS) conducting
Company must also develop a clear structure for granting employees access to sensitive information. Not all employees need such data in order to fulfill their everyday job responsibilities. For those who need admission to sensitive information, a strong authentication mechanism must be developed, which cannot be bypassed. This will ensure that only authorized users are accessing compromising data.
In today’s IT world every organization has a responsibility to protect the information and sensitive data they have. Protecting data is not only responsibility of security and IT staff but every individual is involved in protecting the information. The risks to information security are not digital only, but it involves technology, people and process that an organization may have. These threats may represent the problems that are associated to complex and expensive solution, but doing nothing about these risks is not the solution.
The CIA, the elite intelligence agency for the United States of America. Formed by President Truman on September 18, 1947 for security of the nation. Although, they were created in order to protect the nation, this agency has actually created several downfalls and incidents that were quite unneeded during times of tension. In April of 1961, the CIA launched a special operation that was a plotted coup of Cuba. In the years leading up to these three days, the CIA had been training Cuban Americans in order to fight and retake Cuba as a democratic government. Instead, the coup was a total disaster and therefore in typical CIA fashion the President was blamed for this disaster. Another disappointment by the CIA was the “containment” of communism in Southern Asia.
The events of September 11, which are partly associated with errors in the work of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), raised the issue of reforming the agency both in the countries of the old democracy and in the countries of the new democracy. Most of the discussions about reforming the work of the special services in the fight against terrorism are reduced to the exchange of information between the structures of power. However, it is only by understanding the nature of the tasks of the special services in combating terrorism that it is possible to develop the necessary "architecture" or organizational structure suitable for the solution of the task. The task of the special services at this stage
2. Explain the CIA triad. For each part of the triad, outline attacks on a database and possible protections
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA is responsible in providing nation-wide security in the US.
The intelligence community of the United States is a large, robust and bureaucratic system. From this community though, the national objectives of the United States are supported through their gathering and analytical capabilities. The following paper will highlight the intelligence agencies of the Federal government as well as state and local agencies that make up the intelligence community. Within these entities are programs that develop intelligence for use in protecting the homeland as well as analyzing intelligence from across the broad intelligence community spectrum. Along with this information, an overview of the 9/11 Commissions report on intelligence sharing recommendations will be looked at. Finally the domestic and foreign intelligence issue will be defined and addressed. From these discussions the overall capabilities and limitations of intelligence and the intelligence community will be seen through the aspect of supporting the efforts of securing the homeland.
The Central Intelligence Agency or known as the CIA is an agency that is responsible in providing national security and intelligence. What the CIA gathers is used to provide strategies and intelligence to help in preventing threats and provide national security in the USA. The CIA’s mission is to collect, analyse, evaluate and disseminate information to assist the President and US government policymakers in making decisions that is related to the national security of America. The CIA also assists the
Confidentiality, integrity and availability also commonly known as the CIA triad, is a security guide to keep information safe in organisations. The three elements of the triad are considered the most crucial component of information security.
Once upon a time there was a girl named Hazel. He’s it was an undercover spy agent. When the authorities gave her an order she will always follow it and do as she was told. She did this all the time except for one day. Once upon a time there was a girl named Hazel. Hazel wasn’t undercover spy agent. When the authorities gave her an order she would always follow it and do as she was told. She did this all the time except for one day. That day Hazel found out that she has been assigned a partner for this particular mission. Your partners name was Cody. Most agents thinks he is a nice guy but Hey Hazel Thanks that Cody is devastating and impartial. One agent had to have Cody for one mission, it’s not a go as planned. Cody try to talk to the bad guys and try to be their
Confidentiality must be met in the storage, processing, and transmission of data in an organization. For example, we are going to look at a major recent data breach. On March 8, 2017, the US department of homeland security sent Equifax and notice to patch a vulnerability in versions of the Apache Struts software. On March 9, Equifax dispersed the information to applicable personnel. Although told to apply the patch, Equifax security team did not find
I really nice post this week about covert operations and assassinations, I enjoy reading it. Assassination been used around the world as covert operations by multiple intelligence agencies. Since world war II, a lot of assassinations carried out to serve the end aims. Assassinations can be more Machiavellian method, the end justify the means. During WWII the OSS carried out some operations with other intelligence agencies to destroy the strength of the enemy. "During World War II the OSS and other military intelligence units carried out secret operations against the Nazis and the Japanese at the direction of the White House and U.S. military commanders. Sabotage, psychological warfare, the use of secret agents, even assassination, became the
CIA Triad? Sounds like a secret organization doesn’t it? It almost feels like people are going to come to a screeching halt in your driveway, jump out and take you away, never to be seen again. Sounds very scary. Good thing for us that is not going to happen. Lets get to the point. Information is defined as raw data, which includes words, numbers, value etc. It includes analytical and Factual information. Security is defined as the prevention of intentional harm. The CIA Triad is structure of policies relating to solving problems dealing with information security. Julius Caesar was the first to create something that could be considered as information security. He invented the Caesar cipher. Unless you were meant to see his messages, it was
In today’s world information security is extremely important; this is due to the fact that everything in everyone’s daily life is somehow connected to the internet in one way or another. It is of the upmost importance that the information stored on servers throughout the world be protected at all times. Globally, people of all walks of life have personal information stored on servers, whether it be banking information, social media information, phone numbers, addresses, etc. all of this personal information must be secured. The basic concepts of securing data would lie within the CIA triad. The CIA Triad stands for confidentiality, integrity and accessibility. With confidentiality, this ensures that the data be encrypted and not made available to an unauthorized individual. Integrity of information means that the data be accurate and not allowed to be changed in any way without proper credentials, this ensures the data stays intact without mishandling or corruption. Lastly, accessibility is making sure the data can be retrieved by an authorized individual in a dependable and timely manner also, to ensure the information systems are reliable.