COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS COMPUTER SECURITY
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confidentiality
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integrity
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authentication
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -(a) Message confidentiality means that the sender and the receiver expect privacy. (b) Message integrity means that the data must arrive at the receiver exactly as they were sent.
Detailed explanation-2: -Confidentiality refers to ensure that information is not accessed by unauthorized people. Information is intelligible only to its rightful recipients. Although third parties may be able to read (a copy of) the message sent, they must not be able to make sense of it.
Detailed explanation-3: -Message integrity: It means that data must arrive at the receiver exactly as they were sent.
Detailed explanation-4: -Without integrity no system can provide confidentiality. In case of not maintaining the integrity, the existence of the information can be revealed thus compromising the confidentiality.