Rob C Woodworth | Cybersecurity Student

     The CIA Triad stands for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Confidentiality means  that access to data is restricted to only those who should be able to access it. Integrity means  that the data is protected from modification except by those who should be able to modify it.  Availability means that the data is available at all times to those who should be able to access it.  The CIA Triad is implemented at 4 different levels, from largest to smallest: organization,  network, application, and end user.  To implement the CIA Triad at the Organizational Level: • Security strategy       You need a risk based security strategy to minimize the impact of an incident. • Risk assessment      You need to assess security-related risks from both internal and external threats. • Disaster recovery       You need to ensure data is available with a disaster recovery plan. • Security polic...

  I have earned my CompTIA Network+ Certification, and together with my A+ Certification that gives me the CompTIA CIOS Certification! This was such an interesting exam to study for, and it really expanded my horizons when it comes to network technology. When compared to a certification like the CCNA, the Network+ definitely is more broad than deep because it's a vendor neutral cert and covers such a wide range of topics. And at this early stage of my learning, that's exactly what I needed.  Now I'm debating whether my next cert should be an Azure or AWS cert, or touch base with the CCENT cert, or complete the basic CompTIA trifecta with the Security+. Right now I'm going to just buckle down and focus on school since I've taken on a heavy course load this quarter.