INFOSEC stands for which term?

• A. Information Surveillance
• B. Information Security
• C. Integrated Security
• D. Information Safety

Answer: (B)

INFOSEC stands for Information Security. It’s the practice of protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. It centers on keeping information trustworthy for those who should have it and preventing harm from those who shouldn’t, which is why you see the CIA triad—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—along with authenticity and non-repudiation, guiding defenses like encryption, access controls, policies, and incident response. The other options describe things like watching activities (surveillance), a broader or non-standard term (safety, integrated security), but they do not represent the established term for the acronym, which is Information Security.