GenCyber Cybersecurity Concepts

Your home computer is secured by locks on the door, an alarm system, and a firewall.

• Confidentiality

• Defense In Depth

• Keep it Simple

• Availability

At a hospital, medical information about a patient is protected and only provided to authorized personnel.

• Availability

• Defense in Depth

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

Student grades are accurate and have not been modified by an unauthorized user.

• Integrity

• Keep it Simple

• Think Like an Adversary

• Confidentiality

A banking system is appropriately accessible by both customers and banking employees.

• Think Like an Adversary

• Integrity

• Confidentiality

• Availability

In order to protect student data, it is useful to think of potential adversaries, such as a student wishing to change their own grades.

• Think Like an Adversary

• Keep it Simple

• Confidentiality

• Defense in Depth

A complex computer system has many points of access and may be difficult to secure.

• Think Like an Adversary

• Availability

• Keep it Simple

• Integrity