Difference Between Information Security & Cyber Security

·       ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Security

In this context, ICT security refers to relevant incidents as well as measures, controls, and procedures applied by enterprises in order to ensure integrity, confidentiality, and availability of their data and ICT systems.

Data: – Maybe anything. Ex:- 03031989

Information: - The data which is having some meaning. Ex:- 03031989 is a date of birth of someone.

Basic Definition:

Cyber Security: The ability to protect or defend the use of cyberspace from cyber-attack.

Cyber security is about securing things that are vulnerable through ICT. It also considers that where data is stored and technologies used to secure the data. Part of cyber security about the protection of information and communications technologies – i.e. hardware and software, is known as ICT security.

Information Security (1): The protection of information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Information Security (2): Protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide —\

1)   integrity, which means guarding against improper information modification or destruction;

Attack -   Modification

2)   confidentiality, which means preserving authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary information;

Attack – Interception

3)   availability, which means ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of information.

Attack - Interruption

 Information security is all about protecting the information, which generally focuses on the confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA) of the information.

Following Venn diagram can be helpful to understand the differences.

Reference- Center for Cyber and Information Security (https://ccis.no/cyber-security-versus-information-security/)

In the diagram below, we can see that right side Venn diagram represent the Cybersecurity (things which are vulnerable through ICT, it includes information, both physical and digital, and non-information such as cars, traffic lights, electronic appliances, etc.), while left side represent the information security (which consist of information both digital and analog).

Note that IT security is the protection of information technologies. Practically, there is no difference in ICT security and IT security. As you can see in the following picture that both sets are having some overlap. Below diagram illustrates the relationship between ICT security, cyber security, and information.

Reference- Center for Cyber and Information Security (https://ccis.no/cyber-security-versus-information-security/)

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