Editing Digital data (section)

== States ==
Digital data come in these three states: [[data at rest]], [[data in transit]], and data in use. The [[CIA Triad|confidentiality, integrity, and availability]] have to be managed during the entire lifecycle from 'birth' to the destruction of the data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The three states of information |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/arts-humanities-soc-sci/about-us/information-security-and-governance/what-information-do-i-have-to-protect/the-three-states-of-information |access-date=21 February 2021 |website=The University of Edinburgh |language=en |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414042237/https://www.ed.ac.uk/arts-humanities-soc-sci/about-us/information-security-and-governance/what-information-do-i-have-to-protect/the-three-states-of-information |url-status=dead}}</ref>