QuestionQ216

VerifiedSecure Software Concepts

Security is a state of well-being for information and infrastructures in which the chances of successful but undetected theft, tampering, and/or disruption of information and services remain low or tolerable.

Which of the following are elements of security? Each correct answer represents a complete solution.

Choose all that apply.

Choose four
Explanation

Security encompasses confidentiality, authenticity, integrity, and availability: it protects information from unauthorized disclosure, verifies its claimed origin, preserves its trustworthiness against unauthorized change, and keeps authorized information and services usable when needed. NIST recognizes confidentiality, integrity, and availability as core security properties and identifies authenticity as a relevant additional property.

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