AP® Cybersecurity glossary

Confidentiality

Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 2: Securing Spaces

A security principle: only authorized people, systems or processes can access data. Without it: data theft or destruction.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 2.1.F.1

Why it matters in Unit 2

Encryption and access controls protect it.

Example

Only the nurse can open a patient’s file.

Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 2.1 Cyber Foundations

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