1.

Computer security basically is the protection of computer systems and information

from harm, theft, and unauthorized use. It is the process of preventing and
detecting unauthorized use of your computer system. Often people confuse
computer security with other related terms like information security and
cybersecurity. One way to ascertain the similarities and differences among these
terms is by asking what is being secured. For example, Information security is
securing informatio from unauthorized access, modification & deletion C omputer
Security means securing standalone machine by keeping it updated and patched

It’s important to understand the distinction between these words, though there isn’t
necessarily a clear consensus on the meanings and the degree to which they
overlap or are interchangeable.

In simple language, computer security is making sure information and computer

components are usable but still protected from people or software that shouldn’t
access it or modify it.

2.

Data integrity : Assures that information and programs are changed only in a
specified and authorized manner.
System integrity : Assures that a system performs its intended function in an
unimpaired manner, free from deliberate or inadvertent unauthorized manipulation
of the system.

3.

Privacy: is the state when an individual is free from public interruption and
intrusion. The word privacy is derived from the word ‘private’ which means the
role of the public is limited, so the term privacy refers to a condition where a
person is apart from public attention and observation. It is the right of every
individual to be left alone in his personal matters because everybody has his
personal life.

Confidentiality: refers to a state when it is intended or expected from someone to

keep the information secret. The term confidentiality extracted from the word
‘confidence’ which means ‘trust.’ In this way, confidentiality is when it is
entrusted that the information which is told in confidence to someone, will be kept
secret from the reach of unauthorized people until the parties agree to uncover the
information.

Key Differences Between Privacy and Confidentiality

1. Privacy is a situation when a person is free from public interference.

Confidentiality is a situation when information is kept secret from the reach of any
other person.

2. Privacy talks about a person, but Confidentiality is about information.

3. Privacy restricts the public from accessing the personal details about a person,
whereas Confidentiality protects the information from the range of unauthorised
persons.
4. In privacy, everyone is disallowed from interfering in the personal matters of a
person. Conversely, in confidentiality some specified and trustworthy people are
allowed to have access to the information.

5. Privacy is at the voluntary; it is the choice of a person. In contrast to

Confidentiality, it is compulsory if the relationship between parties is a fiduciary.

6. Privacy is a right. However, Confidentiality is an agreement.

As a Conclusion Privacy and Confidentiality are the two terms which are
commonly juxtaposed with each other. Privacy is about personal or private i.e. the
range will be limited to yourself only while if we talk about confidentiality, it is
professional. The range will be limited to the persons, to whom the individual have
trust. There are only a few differences between the two terms, but Confidentiality
is an advanced version of Privacy

4.

The Open System Interconnect(OSI),the OSI Security Architecture is a framework

that provides a systematic way of defining the requirements for security and
characterizing the approaches to satisfying those requirements. The document
defines security attacks, mechanisms, and services, and the relationships among
these categories.

PREPARED BY: BEZA ABERA