Question

Preserving confidentiality, integrity, and availability is a restatement of the concern over interruption, interception, modification, and fabrication.

i. Briefly explain the 4 attacks: interruption, interception, modification, and fabrication.
ii. How do the first three security concepts relate to these four attacks

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

I and II answered

Interruption: interruption occurs when network is tampered with or communication between systems in a network is obstructed for illegitimate purposes.

Interception: interception occurs when data sent between systems is intercepted such that the message sent to another system is seen by an unauthorized user before it reaches destination. Interception violates confidentiality of a message.

Modification: modification occurs when data sent from a system to another system on the network is altered by an authorized user before it reaches it's destination. Modification attacks violate integrity, confidentiality and authenticity of a message.

Fabrication: fabrication occurs when an unauthorized user poses as a valid user and sends a fake message to a system in the network. Fabrication violates confidentiality, integrity and authenticity.