Cybersecurity Intro Voacb

Cybersecurity (or security)

• The practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information by protecting networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation

• An organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change

• A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who poses a security risk

• The process of ensuring that assets stored in the cloud are properly configured and access to those assets is limited to authorized users

Cloud security

• The practice of keeping an organization's network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access

• The process of ensuring that assets stored in the cloud are properly configured and access to those assets is limited to authorized users

• Skills from other areas that can apply to different careers

• The practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information by protecting networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation

Internal threat

• Any person or group who presents a security risk

• An organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change

• A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who poses a security risk

• A specific type of PII that falls under stricter handling guidelines

Network security

• The practice of ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information by protecting networks, devices, people, and data from unauthorized access or criminal exploitation

• An organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change

• The process of ensuring that assets stored in the cloud are properly configured and access to those assets is limited to authorized users

• The practice of keeping an organization's network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access

Personally identifiable information

• Any information used to infer an individual’s identity

• A specific type of PII that falls under stricter handling guidelines

Security posture

• An organization’s ability to manage its defense of critical assets and data and react to change

• he practice of keeping an organization's network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access

• Any circumstance or event that can negatively impact assets

Sensitive personally identifiable information (SPII)

• A specific type of PII that falls under stricter handling guidelines

• Any information used to infer an individual’s identity

Technical skills

• Skills from other areas that can apply to different careers

• Skills that require knowledge of specific tools, procedures, and policies

Threat

• Any circumstance or event that can negatively impact assets

• A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who poses a security risk

• Any person or group who presents a security risk

Threat actor

• Any circumstance or event that can negatively impact assets

• Any person or group who presents a security risk

• A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who poses a security risk