Information Assurance and Security Quiz

Module 1 - Week 2 Overview

• The main focus of Module 1 - Week 2 is on digital information and its associated concerns.

Digital Information Concerns

• The primary concern regarding digital information is the risk of unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or destruction of the information.

Module Objectives

• The objective of the module is to understand the importance of protecting digital information and the measures to be taken to ensure its confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Information Assurance vs Information Security

• Information assurance is a broader concept that encompasses measures to protect information throughout its entire lifecycle, including creation, processing, storage, transmission, and disposal.
• Information security, on the other hand, primarily focuses on protecting information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, or destruction.
• The primary concern of both information assurance and information security is to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital information.