CRISC Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control – Question349

You are working in Bluewell Inc. which make advertisement Websites. Someone had made unauthorized changes to your Website. Which of the following terms refers to this type of loss?

A.
Loss of confidentiality
B. Loss of integrity
C. Loss of availability
D. Loss of revenue

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Explanation:
Loss of integrity refers to the following types of losses:

  • An e-mail message is modified in transit
  • A virus infects a file
  • Someone makes unauthorized changes to a Web site

Incorrect Answers:
A: Someone sees a password or a company’s secret formula, this is referred to as loss of confidentiality.
C: An e-mail server is down and no one has e-mail access, or a file server is down so data files aren’t available comes under loss of availability.
D: This refers to the events which would eventually cause loss of revenue.