CIA
A set of rules that limits access to information
What is Confidentiality?
An attacker's ability to obtain, maintain, and diversify access to network systems.
What is an APT? Advanced Persistent Threat
The attacker typically uses the access he or she has achieved to covertly copy information from target systems.
What is action on objectives?
Someone that uses hacker tools without necessarily understanding how they work or having the ability to craft new attacks.
What is a Script Kiddie?
The smallest unit of data in computer processing.
What is a bit?
It is the assurance that the information is trustworthy and accurate
What is Integrity?
Sequences of code that insert themselves into another executable program
What is a Program Virus?
There are several models for describing the general process of an attack on systems security.
What is the kill chain?
They operate across the Internet from different jurisdictions than its victim, increasing the complexity of prosecution.
What is Organized Crime?
A group of eight bits.
What is a byte?
A guarantee of reliable access to the information by authorized people.
What is availability?
Memory-resident viruses that replicate over network resources
What is a Worm?
This phase the attacker discovers what he or she can about how the target is organized and what security systems it has in place.
What is the Discovery phase?
They are likely to pose as independent groups or even as hacktivists.
What are Nation States?
This is where the software is installed, and it's also where your documents and other files are stored.
What is a hard drive?
A layer of security to protect against the loss of confidentiality
What is encryption?
A type of program that pretends to be something else.
What is a Trojan?
Run code on the target system to exploit a vulnerability and gain elevated privileges.
What is the Exploit Phase?
The perpetrator of an attack is a member of, ex-member of, or somehow affiliated with the organization’s own staff, partners, or contractors.
What is a Malicious Insider?
The process that occurs when you press the power button to turn your computer on.
What is Booting?
An important security concept because all security controls, mechanisms, and safeguards are implemented to provide one or more of these protection types
What is the CIA Triad
A remote access method that is installed without the user's knowledge.
What is a backdoor?
Removing any trace of his or her presence to frustrate any subsequent attempt to identify the source of the attack.
What is the Retreat Phase?
They might attempt to obtain and release confidential information to the public domain, perform Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, or deface websites.
What is a Hacktivist?
The computer code that is the central part of an operating system.
What is the Kernel?