Informationsecurity,oftenreferredtoasInfoSec,isthepracticeofprotectinginformationbymitigatingrisksandvulnerabilities.Itinvolvessafeguardingdatafromunauthorizedaccess,disclosure,alteration,destruction,ordisruption.Informationsecuritycoversawiderangeofareas,includingnetworksecurity,applicationsecurity,dataencryption,accesscontrol,andincidentresponse.Thegoalistoensuretheconfidentiality,integrity,andavailabilityofinformation,commonlyknownastheCIAtriad.Organizationsimplementsecuritypolicies,technologies,andbestpracticestodefendagainstcyberthreatssuchashacking,malware,phishing,anddatabreaches.Withtheincreasingrelianceondigitalsystems,informationsecurityhasbecomeacriticalaspectofbusinessoperations,compliance,andpersonalprivacy.
