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The CIA Triad stands for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. These three principles define the core objectives of cybersecurity: keeping data private, accurate, and accessible to authorized users.
IT manages technology infrastructure and systems. Information Security protects data in all forms. Cybersecurity specifically focuses on protecting digital systems, networks, and data from cyber threats like hacking and malware.
Common vulnerabilities include malware, ransomware, phishing, insider threats, unpatched software, misconfigured systems, and weak authentication practices that attackers exploit to gain unauthorized access.
Cybersecurity impacts finance, HR, legal, operations, and executive teams by requiring data protection policies, access controls, and compliance procedures. Every department that handles sensitive data has cybersecurity responsibilities.
Cybersecurity professionals need to understand networking concepts, operating system functions, cloud computing models, virtualization, and how data flows across infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and implement effective controls.