Editing Information security (section)

==== Confidentiality ====
In information security, [[confidentiality]] "is the property, that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized individuals, entities, or processes."<ref name="BeckersPattern15">{{cite book |author=Beckers, K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DvdICAAAQBAJ&pg=PA100 |title=Pattern and Security Requirements: Engineering-Based Establishment of Security Standards |publisher=Springer |year=2015 |isbn=9783319166643 |page=100}}</ref> While similar to "privacy", the two words are not interchangeable. Rather, confidentiality is a component of privacy that implements to protect our data from unauthorized viewers.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Fienberg |first1=Stephen E. |title=International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science |date=2011 |pages=342–345 |chapter=Data Privacy and Confidentiality |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-04898-2_202 |isbn=978-3-642-04897-5 |last2=Slavković |first2=Aleksandra B.}}</ref> Examples of confidentiality of electronic data being compromised include laptop theft, password theft, or sensitive emails being sent to the incorrect individuals.<ref name="AndressTheBasics14">{{cite book |author=Andress, J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NI0AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 |title=The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice |publisher=Syngress |year=2014 |isbn=9780128008126 |pages=240}}</ref>