Integrity
Definition
The property that information is accurate, complete, and has not been modified without authorisation. Protected by cryptographic hashing, digital signatures, and change management. Breached by unauthorised modification, corruption, or deletion.
Related terms
- Availability
- The property that systems and data are accessible to authorised users when needed. Protected by redundancy, backup, failover, and incident response capabilities....
- Confidentiality
- The property that information is not disclosed to unauthorised individuals, processes, or devices. Protected by access controls, encryption, and need-to-know policies. Breached...
- Non-repudiation
- The property that a party cannot deny having performed an action. Provided by digital signatures, timestamped audit logs, and certified delivery receipts....
- Threat
- A potential cause of an unwanted incident that could harm an asset. Threats may be natural (flood, fire), environmental (power failure), human...
- Vulnerability
- A weakness in an asset or in a control protecting that asset, which a threat could exploit to cause harm. Examples: an...
Explained in
- The CIA Triad and Security FundamentalsThe property that information is accurate, complete, and has not been modified without authorisation. Protected by cryptographic hashing, digital signatures, a...