PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE 4TH
EDITION REFINED SET WITH
APPROVED SOLUTIONS 2025/2025
T - Answer ✔✔ - Computer security is protection of the integrity, availability,
and confidentiality of information system resources.
T - Answer ✔✔ - Data integrity assures that information and programs are
changed only in a specified and authorized manner.
T - Answer ✔✔ - Availability assures that systems work promptly and service
is not denied to authorized users.
F - Answer ✔✔ - The "A" in the CIA triad stands for "authenticity".
T - Answer ✔✔ - The more critical a component or service, the higher the
level of availability required.
T - Answer ✔✔ - Computer security is essentially a battle of wits between a
perpetrator who tries to find holes and the administrator who tries to close
them.
T - Answer ✔✔ - Many security administrators view strong security as an
impediment to
efficient and user-friendly operation of an information system.