age 1 of 19
WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SECURITY EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........Our
ability to protect data from those who are not authorized to
view it.
Examples of confidentiality ......ANSWER........A patron using an
ATM card wants to keep their PIN number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers
confidential.
How can confidentiality be broken? ......ANSWER........Losing a
laptop
An attacker gets access to info
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A person can look over your shoulder
Define integrity in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........The ability to
prevent people from changing your data and the ability to
reverse unwanted changes.
How do you control integrity? ......ANSWER........Permissions
restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
Examples of integrity ......ANSWER........Data used by a doctor to
make medical decisions needs to be correct or the patient can
die.
Define the availability in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........Our
data needs to be accessible when we need it.
How can availability be broken? ......ANSWER........Loss of power,
application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is a Denial
of Service attack.
Define information security. ......ANSWER........The protection of
information and information systems from unauthorized access,
, age 3 of 19
use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to
provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles.
......ANSWER........The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality,
integrity, and availability from the CIA triad. It also includes
possession (or control), authenticity, and utility.
Authenticity ......ANSWER........Whether the data in question
comes from who or where it says it comes from (i.e. did this
person actually send this email?)
Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?
......ANSWER........Interception (eaves dropping)
Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?
......ANSWER........Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
WGU D430 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION
SECURITY EXAM OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT NEWEST
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM 300 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Define the confidentiality in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........Our
ability to protect data from those who are not authorized to
view it.
Examples of confidentiality ......ANSWER........A patron using an
ATM card wants to keep their PIN number confidential.
An ATM owner wants to keep bank account numbers
confidential.
How can confidentiality be broken? ......ANSWER........Losing a
laptop
An attacker gets access to info
,age 2 of 19
A person can look over your shoulder
Define integrity in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........The ability to
prevent people from changing your data and the ability to
reverse unwanted changes.
How do you control integrity? ......ANSWER........Permissions
restrict what users can do (read, write, etc.)
Examples of integrity ......ANSWER........Data used by a doctor to
make medical decisions needs to be correct or the patient can
die.
Define the availability in the CIA triad. ......ANSWER........Our
data needs to be accessible when we need it.
How can availability be broken? ......ANSWER........Loss of power,
application problems. If caused by an attacker, this is a Denial
of Service attack.
Define information security. ......ANSWER........The protection of
information and information systems from unauthorized access,
, age 3 of 19
use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to
provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Define the Parkerian Hexad and its principles.
......ANSWER........The Parkerian Hexad includes confidentiality,
integrity, and availability from the CIA triad. It also includes
possession (or control), authenticity, and utility.
Authenticity ......ANSWER........Whether the data in question
comes from who or where it says it comes from (i.e. did this
person actually send this email?)
Confidentiality is affected by what type of attack?
......ANSWER........Interception (eaves dropping)
Integrity is affected by what type of attacks?
......ANSWER........Interruption (assets are unusable), modification
(tampering with an asset), fabrication (generating false data)
