The CIA triad is not helping you as much as you think

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There are multiple reasons for this:

  • The triad is incomplete. This leads to information security goals being overlooked.
  • The triad is ambiguous. (Not based on an operational definitions). This makes of communication of information security goals difficult or even impossible. A video on the same.
  • There is no agreement on the triad definition. (Page 4), This leads to communication barriers and undesirable variance in performance. Quite a few alternatives have arisen.
  • The three reasons above have been proven by falsification.
  • You can't use the triad to measure security. This prevent the triad from being used to manage security, there are other ways to measure security.
  • The triad is not a triad. Check slide 32.
  • Read even more about in the ISSA Journal.

Luckily, THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE, summarised in this funny video, or this other funny video with the Cookie Monster.

If you still believe the CIA triad is correct or useful in any way, try passing the O-ISM3 Test.