In this video, you will learn

to discuss what is meant by authenticity and

accountability in the context of cybersecurity. There are set of definitions that
we'll work on this module, address authenticity
and accountability. Authenticity is the property of being genuine and verifiable.
So when Alice sends
Bob a message that Bob can in fact prove that the message is in fact
genuine from Alice and is the correct protocol and is what is expected and can
be verified with that. Then the accountability side of this is that Bob receiving a
message from Alice can prove in fact that it
did come from Alice. So we think about this in
a banking environment, and we instantly see
the application that the banking system when action is taken upon the account
to deposit some money, to transfer some money, absolutely maps that
to a known individual.