This statement is correct because it accurately reflects the basic objective of information security. In HCIA-Security, information security is concerned with protecting information assets and the systems that store, process, and transmit them. These assets include hardware devices, software platforms, network resources, and the data itself. The purpose is to prevent unauthorized access, accidental loss, malicious tampering, disclosure, destruction, or interruption of services.
Information security is not limited to confidentiality alone. It also includes maintaining integrity , which means preventing unauthorized modification of data, and availability , which means ensuring that systems and services remain usable and continuous for authorized users. In practical terms, this means using controls such as access management, firewalls, intrusion prevention, antivirus protection, encryption, backup, authentication, and monitoring to reduce both accidental and intentional threats.
The phrase about ensuring proper system running and uninterrupted information services also matches the availability goal of security. Therefore, the statement correctly describes the overall aim of information security and is TRUE .
