How will you ensure that information remains confidential?

Answer 1

This is a very broad question. Please edit the question so that it is more specific -- what sort of information do you wish to keep confidential?

Another Answer

Information remains confidential if you tell no one, never write it down and never think about it so that it could slip out of your mouth. Otherwise all information is subject to breach of confidentiality.

Confidentiality agreements may serve to protect certain kinds of communication and its information, but these agreements can be breached.

Electronic information will never be totally confidential, since once the details become concretized in electronic characters, they are subject to discovery and revelation.

Answer 2

The two main methods are password hierarchy and encryption.

With password hierarchy - a user can only access files or information according to the level of security granted to them by the system supervisor. For example an employee might have permission set by the supervisor so that they can add new records, but not delete existing ones.

In the case of encryption - data is encrypted to prevent people outside the system accessing the information. An example would be internet banking. once the users home computer and bank server are connected - they (theoretically) have exclusive access to that connection which should keep their information safe.