information Security

info sec- a brief intro. this is a snapshot of what my last semester subject was about
Information security is the ongoing process of exercising due care and due diligence to protect information, and information systems, from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, destruction, modification, or disruption or distribution. The never ending process of information security involves ongoing training, assessment, protection, monitoring & detection, incident response & repair, documentation, and review.

Ways to secure data

Confidentiality- symmetric key encryption
authentication- asymmetric key encryption
integrity- hashing