You have been contracted by the director of a website hosting service that intends to invest in cybersecurity. The director would like you to determine whether they should focus on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of their systems. The hosting service offers services to a range of customers and accordingly stores a large amount of personal and business information from customers, including their financial details and 100 points of identification.

Their expertise is in dependable hosting services, so customers can access their websites at any time. This business model requires very strict operating protocols to minimise downtime. They have contacted you as they have been advised by their ISP that they have been the target of a relatively small Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in the previous week.

Discuss the relative importance of confidentiality, integrity, and availability in relation to the information and systems used by the web hosting service. The director has advised you that they do not have the budget to address all three areas simultaneously, so it is important that you identify the key considerations for the business owner and highlight their order of importance for immediate consideration.