WGU D430 Fundamentals of
Information Security 2026
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Information security - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Keeping data, software, and
hardware secure against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption,
modification, or destruction.
Compliance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The requirements that are set forth by laws
and industry regulations. Example : HIPPA/ HITECH- healthcare, PCI/DSS-
payment card industry, FISMA- federal government agencies
,CIA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The core model of all information security.
Confidential, integrity and availability
Confidential - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allowing only those authorized to access the
data requested
integrity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Keeping data unaltered by accidental or
malicious intent
Availability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability to access data when needed
Parkerian hexad model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Confidentiality , integrity,
availability, possession/control, authenticity, utility
Possession/ control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the physical disposition of
the media on which the data is stored
authenticity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allows us to talk about the proper attribution
as to the owner or creator of the data in question
Utility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔How useful the data is to us
Types of attacks - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1- interception
2- interruption
,3- modification
4- fabrication
Interception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks allows unauthorized users to access
our data, applications, or environments. Are primarily an attack against
confidentiality
Interruption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks cause our assets to become unstable
or unavailable for our use, on a temporary or permanent basis. This attack
affects availability but can also attack integrity
Modification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks involve tampering with our asset.
Such attacks might primarily be considered an integrity attack, but could
also be an availability attack.
Fabrication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks involve generating data, processes,
communications, or other similar activities with a system. Attacks primarily
affect integrity but can be considered an availability attack.
Risk - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The likelihood that a threat will occur. There must be
a threat and vulnerability
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, Threat - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Any event being man-made, natural or
environmental that could damage the assets
Vulnerabilities - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Weakness that a threat event or the threat
can take advantage of
Impact - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔taking into account the assets cost
Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ways we protect assets. Physical, technical/
logical, and administrative
Physical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are physical items that protect
assets. Think of locks, doors, guards and fences
Technical/ logical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are devices and
software that protect assets. Think of firewalls, av, ids, and ips
Administrative controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are the policies that
organizations create for governance. Ex: email policies
risk mamagement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A constant process as assets are
purchased, used and retired. The general steps are 1- identify assets
2- identify threats
Information Security 2026
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Information security - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Keeping data, software, and
hardware secure against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption,
modification, or destruction.
Compliance - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The requirements that are set forth by laws
and industry regulations. Example : HIPPA/ HITECH- healthcare, PCI/DSS-
payment card industry, FISMA- federal government agencies
,CIA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The core model of all information security.
Confidential, integrity and availability
Confidential - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allowing only those authorized to access the
data requested
integrity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Keeping data unaltered by accidental or
malicious intent
Availability - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ability to access data when needed
Parkerian hexad model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Confidentiality , integrity,
availability, possession/control, authenticity, utility
Possession/ control - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the physical disposition of
the media on which the data is stored
authenticity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allows us to talk about the proper attribution
as to the owner or creator of the data in question
Utility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔How useful the data is to us
Types of attacks - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1- interception
2- interruption
,3- modification
4- fabrication
Interception - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks allows unauthorized users to access
our data, applications, or environments. Are primarily an attack against
confidentiality
Interruption - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks cause our assets to become unstable
or unavailable for our use, on a temporary or permanent basis. This attack
affects availability but can also attack integrity
Modification - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks involve tampering with our asset.
Such attacks might primarily be considered an integrity attack, but could
also be an availability attack.
Fabrication - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Attacks involve generating data, processes,
communications, or other similar activities with a system. Attacks primarily
affect integrity but can be considered an availability attack.
Risk - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The likelihood that a threat will occur. There must be
a threat and vulnerability
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, Threat - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Any event being man-made, natural or
environmental that could damage the assets
Vulnerabilities - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Weakness that a threat event or the threat
can take advantage of
Impact - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔taking into account the assets cost
Controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The ways we protect assets. Physical, technical/
logical, and administrative
Physical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are physical items that protect
assets. Think of locks, doors, guards and fences
Technical/ logical controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are devices and
software that protect assets. Think of firewalls, av, ids, and ips
Administrative controls - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Controls are the policies that
organizations create for governance. Ex: email policies
risk mamagement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A constant process as assets are
purchased, used and retired. The general steps are 1- identify assets
2- identify threats
