What Is the CIA Triad? How to Use It Today

Our personal information is the key to our assets. The internet offers many tips for keeping your information safe, but in reality, you're already in control of your biggest vulnerability: your mindset.

How can you change your mindset and build habitual barriers to attack? Inc.com's Brian Scudamore recommends running your life like a business because "...when you start looking at each aspect of your life as a distinct system, it becomes easier to identify, address and streamline for the future" (Scudamore, 2018). Apply this to your information security and, well—you'll have an infrastructure that's difficult to penetrate.

How Do I Design My Information Security System?

When businesses design information security systems, they follow a three-part framework known as the CIA triad.

What Is the CIA Triad?

The CIA triad is three key concepts:

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

The CIA Triad Broken Down

The purpose behind the triad is simple; the three guiding principles are the backbone of acceptable use and other policies applied to information security systems. I encourage individuals to adopt the CIA triad as a mentality in their everyday life. Read more.