For decades, the CIA Triad of Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability has been the bedrock framework of information security. While it serves as a conceptual guiding light, its simplicity and vagueness leave room for a tremendous amount of ambiguity, especially when it comes to “Integrity.” Unlike confidentiality and availability, which have widely accepted definitions and clear implementation strategies, integrity often lacks operational clarity and measurable enforcement in modern cybersecurity environments. So what is integrity, really? More importantly, how do we ensure it?
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