Cybersecurity Vocab 1

Question 1

the process of adhering to internal standards and external regulations that enables organizations to avoid fines and security breaches.

Answer 1

Compliance

Question 2

guidelines used for building plans to help mitigate risks and threats to data and privacy.

Answer 2

Security Frameworks

Question 3

safeguards designed to reduce specific security risks. They are used with security frameworks to establish a strong security posture.

Answer 3

Security controls

Question 4

an organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change, leading to lower risk for the organization.

Answer 4

Security posture

Question 5

a malicious attacker, any person or group who presents a security risk. This risk can relate to computers, applications, networks, and data.

Answer 5

Threat actor

Question 6

These can be a current or former employee, an external vendor, or a trusted partner who poses a security risk.

Answer 6

Internal threat

Question 7

the practice of keeping an organization’s network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access. This includes data, services, systems, and devices that are stored in an organization’s network.

Answer 7

Network security

Question 8

the process of ensuring that assets stored in the cloud are properly configured, or set up correctly, and access to those assets is limited to authorized users.

Answer 8

Cloud security

Question 9

A network made up of a collection of servers or computers that store resources and data in remote physical locations known as data centers that can be accessed via the internet.

Answer 9

Cloud

Question 10

a process that can be used to create a specific set of instructions for a computer to execute tasks.

Answer 10

Programming