What Is Integrity In Cyber Security?

What Is Integrity in Cyber Security?

Answer:  Integrity is defined as the information present in the system and managed in a way that no unauthorized person can make any kind of changes or modifications. Integrity has a huge impact on data availability, accuracy, etc.

The CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, availability) is the standard for information security policies. The elements of the triad are the basis of cybersecurity and, for its effectiveness, the triad must be updated. Confidentiality limits access to data, integrity makes sure that data is accurate, and availability ensures that information is available for the users. Let’s discuss the importance of the integrity which also affects the cyber security in the following:

Integrity:

Integrity ensures that data is accurate and not modified by unknown users. It gives the guarantee and the completeness of data.it does not only secure the stored data but also the information which is transmitted among systems such as email. For maintenance, it is not needed to have control access at the system level. constructive integrity means it has to be protected against unintentional changes like user error or data loss that happens due to the malfunction.

Moreover, all the systems in the world need confidence about data integrity, and the banks and finance departments have the important need that makes sure that the transactions between the system are safe from breaches. in the incident that happens between Bangladesh and New York hackers installed the scheme which have all the credential details that start the withdrawals and also installed malware in the system that delete all the records in DB related to the transactions.

The different measure is applied for integrity protection such as user authentication preventing the unknown person to access the systems and make changes, hash verification, and the digital signature are developed to protect the system from modification by an unauthorized person.