Put It to Work: Prepare for Cybersecurity Jobs Flashcards
Confidential data
Data that often has limits on the number of people who have access to it.
Disaster Recovery Plan
A plan that allows an organization’s security team to outline the steps needed to minimize the impact of a security incident.
Private data
Information that should be kept from the public.
Public data
Data that is already accessible to the public and poses a minimal risk to the organization if viewed or shared by others.
Security mindset
The ability to evaluate risk and constantly seek out and identify the potential or actual breach of a system, application, or data.
Sensitive data
A type of data that includes personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII), and protected health information (PHI).
Data controller
A person that determines the procedure and purpose for processing data.
Data processor
A person that is responsible for processing data on behalf of the data controller.
Data protection officer (DPO)
An individual that is responsible for monitoring the compliance of an organization’s data protection procedures.
Escalation policy
A set of actions that outlines who should be notified when an incident alert occurs and how that incident should be handled.
Improper usage
An incident type that occurs when an employee of an organization violates the organization’s acceptable use policies.
Incident escalation
The process of identifying a potential security incident, triaging it, and handing it off to a more experienced team member.
Malware infection
An incident type that occurs when malicious software designed to disrupt a system infiltrates an organization’s computers or network.
Unauthorized access
An incident type that occurs when an individual gains digital or physical access to a system or an application without permission.
Data protection officer
What does DPO stand for?
Data owner
The person that decides who can access, edit, use, or destroy their information.
Data custodian
The person that assigns and removes access to software or hardware.
Stakeholder
An individual or a group that has an interest in any decision or activity of an organization.
Visual dashboard
A way of displaying various types of data quickly in one place
Rapport
A friendly relationship in which the people involved understand each other’s ideas and communicate well with each other.
STAR method
An interview technique used to answer behavioral and situational questions.
Elevator pitch
A brief summary of your experience, skills, and background.
Situation
The project you worked on or a challenge that you had to overcome.
Task
Outlines the key responsibilities or role you played in solving the challenge described in the situation phase of the STAR method.
Action
Describes the exact steps you took to resolve the challenging situation you described in the beginning of the STAR method.
Result
How the situation was resolved as a direct result of the actions you took in solving the challenge described in the situation phase of the STAR method.
What does STAR stand for?
