Module 1 Flashcards
What is Cybersecurity (Security)
The practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information by protecting networks, devices, people and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation.
Integrity
Protecting data from unauthorized changes or destruction.
Confidentiality
Limiting access to sensitive information
Cloud Security
The process of ensuring that assets stored in the cloud are properly configured and access to those assets is limited to authorized users.
Internal Threat
A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who posses a security threat.
Network Security
The practice of keeping an organization’s network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access.
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Any information used to inform an individual’s identify such as name, email, address and phone number.
Security posture
An organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change.
Assets
Any valuable piece of data, device, or system within an organization that needs to be protected from cyber threats.
Cyber
Of or relating to or involving computers, information technology or virtual reality.
Issue of complexity between technologies, individuals and organizations.
Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information
A specific type of PII that falls under stricter handling guidelines such as social security numbers, and medical records.
Technical Skills
Skills that require knowledge of specific tools, procedures and policies.
Threat
Any circumstance or event that can negatively impact assets
Threat Actor
A person or group who presents a security threat
Transferable skills
Skills from other areas that can apply to different careers such as team work, communication, problem solving and analysis.
