Confidentiality

Confidentiality is the property that ensures that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorised individuals, entities, or processes.

Definitions

According to the CyBOK (version 1),

Confidentiality. The property that ensures that information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorised individuals, entities, or processes.

According to the ITIL Foundation 4e by Axelos,

Confidentiality. A security objective that ensures information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized entities.