A company hashes all user passwords before storing them in the database. This ensures that passwords cannot be easily altered. Which CIA principle is being addressed?

Confidentiality pertains to protecting information from unauthorized access and ensuring that only authorized users can view sensitive data. While hashing contributes to confidentiality by obscuring the original passwords, the primary focus of hashing is to ensure that the data remains unaltered rather than simply hidden.

Availability refers to ensuring that information and resources are accessible to authorized users when needed. Hashing passwords does not directly affect the availability of the data, as it primarily focuses on securing the integrity and confidentiality of the passwords rather than ensuring they are accessible.

Redundancy involves having backup systems or data to prevent loss in case of failure. Hashing passwords does not create redundant copies of the data; instead, it transforms the data into a fixed-size hash that cannot be reversed. Thus, redundancy is not a principle directly addressed by hashing.