POCS-Ch2.1 (Vocab)

Having multiple levels of protection.

• remote access Trojan (RAT)

• defense in depth

• threat

• CIA triad

The condition of being private or secret.

• confidentiality

• firmware

• logic bomb

• backdoor

All points or areas in a system that could be used or compromised to allow hackers entry into the system.

• rootkit

• dumpster diving

• cryptomalware

• attack surface

The three underlying principles of data protection: confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

• rootkit

• CIA Triad

• pretexting

• dumpster diving

Help break down the aspects of a business and security domains into manageable task areas and tasks to organize protection against cybersecurity threats.

• confidentiality

• attack surface

• integrity

• frameworks

The state of data being complete or uncorrupted; also the honesty of a person's actions.

• nonrepudiation process

• integrity

• Internet of Things (IoT)

• defense in depth

Computing technology incorporated into nontypical devices to allow communication with other devices and the internet.

• CIA Triad

• frameworks

• Internet of Things (IoT)

• attack surface

Changes to a system are tracked by which user account made them.

• frameworks

• integrity

• confidentiality

• nonrepudiation process

Cookie that originates from a visit to a website, but references a different website.

• integrity

• nonrepudiation process

• vulnerability

• third-party cookie

Encrypts data, rather than stealing or destroying it, to prevent user access unless a fee is paid to the hacker; also called cryptomalware.

• ransomware

• rootkit

• malware

• adware