Types of Security Breaches

Question 1

What is the #1 security breach?

Answer 1

Data

Question 2

What happens when the data is targeted?

Answer 2

Data could be:
Stolen
Corrupted
Deleted / Removed

Question 3

What’s are the types of security breaches?

Answer 3

Data
Application
Operating System
Hardware

Question 4

What happens when an Application is targeted?

Answer 4

Attacking or breaching one of the following:
Apache Webserver
Database
Financial Applications

Question 5

What happens when an OS is targeted?

Answer 5

Operating System breaches include:
Filesystem corruption
System Failure
Process Management (attacking the processes the OS uses, anything that runs on the memory or CPU)

Question 6

What happens when the Hardware is targeted?

Answer 6

Hardware breaches include:
An attack on the CPU, Memory, or system peripherals by disabling, removing or corrupting their ability to operate. Thus damaging the system’s ability to operate or maintain security