History Of The Information Security

Information security is the various ways and tools designed on assisting a system to protect its sensitive information from manipulation, modification, disruption, destruction, and inspection.

Early information security efforts identified confidentiality, integrity and availability as primary security factors which are collectively known as the CIA triad.History Of The Information Security The CIA triad elements are considered to be the most important components of information securityInformation security is a new field of learning in computer science in that the first people to learn about information security are still learning today as the course is still being deviated into more and more branches this is because the associated course programs are recent, however even before the evolution of the computer age it was still existing for example different ancient cultures such as the Greeks, Romans and the Hebrews used different techniques to conceal sensitive data. The most famous and basic type of cipher is the Ceaser cipher which is named after the infamous military general of the Roman empire Julius Ceaser. Caesar’s cipher was used for diplomatic and military communication of sensitive data. Caesar’s cipher is not secure for it can be decrypted using brutal force so as time has evolves more complex ciphers have been created. Today’s network browsers deal with malware, spyware and adware which may host various threats such as password theftMain drivers and motivation towards information security over the years.