Chapter 1 Security Basics IT Professional

What is CIA stand for ?

• Security

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Availability

Types of hacker :

• White-hat hacker

• Green-hat hacker

• Grey-hat hacker

• Black-hat hacker

This individual specializes in ethical hacking tools, techniques, and methodologies to secure an organization's information systems.

• Black-hat hacker

• Green-hat hacker

• Grey-hat hacker

• White-hat hacker

An individual who attempts to gain unauthorized entry into a system or network to exploit them for malicious reasons. It does not have any permission or authority to compromise their targets.

• Black-hat hacker

• White-hat hacker

• Grey-hat hacker

• Red-hat hacker

A person or other entity such as computer program that attempts to cause harm (destroy, expose, alter, disable, steal or gain unauthorized access) to an information system.

• HACKER

• ATTACKER

Any skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to break into computer systems.

• Hacking

• Hacker

• Attacker

• Attacking

An attempt to exploit a computer system or private network inside a computer. It is unauthorised access to or control over computer network security systems for some illicit purpose.

• Hacking

• Hacker

• Attacker

• Attacking

Any event or action that could potentially cause damage to an asset.

• Hacking

• Attacking

• Threat

• Hacker

Type of threat :

• Malicious code

• Hacking

• Natural disaster

• Theft

Sources of threat :

• Unstructured threats

• Structured threats

• External threats

• Internal threats