Access Control
A method where access to a website or account is only granted after the user presents two or more factors (password, SMS code, etc.)
What is multifactor authentication? (or two-factor authentication)
A command-line network utility that displays network connections for TCP, UDP and more
What is netstat?
The record your browser keeps of the websites you’ve visited
What is browser history?
A secret word or phrase that must be used to gain access to a computer system or service
What is a password?
Sending malicious or fraudulent emails pretending to be from someone else in order to gain access to data, such as personal information and passwords
What is phishing?
An approach to restrict system access to authorized users by granting it based on business responsibilities
What is role-based access control?
A network inside a network
What is a subnetwork?
The use of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or personal computer
What is cloud computing?
The process of converting plaintext into another format that cannot be decoded without a key
What is encryption?
A sophisticated malware that takes advantage of system weaknesses, using strong encryption to hold data or system functionality hostage
What is ransomware?
A user authentication service that allows users to log into many different applications with a single set of credentials
What is Single Sign On (SSO)?
A private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network
What is a VPN?
The global, hypermedia-based collection of information and services that is available on internet servers
What is the World Wide Web?
An appliance used at the edge of a network to block unauthorized access and control traffic
What is a firewall?
An attack that embed malicious code in vulnerable applications, yielding results and performing commands or similar actions that the user didn't request
What is a SQL Injection?
The use of physical characteristics such as fingerprints to authenticate users
What is biometrics?
A subnetwork that groups a collection of devices from different ports on a switch.
What is a VLAN?
A segment of data sent by an Internet server to the browser which is stored by the browser to track a user
What is a cookie?
A free and open-source network mapper to gain information on network devices
What is nmap
An attack that floods a system's resources, overwhelming them and preventing responses to service requests, which reduces the system's ability to perform
What is Denial-Of-Service or Distributed Denial-Of-Service?
The principle of allowing users as little access to a system as possible for them to complete their tasks
What is the principle of least privilege?
A connection between two or more networks, such as a corporate network and a branch office network.
What is a Site-To-Site VPN?
Trading in cyberspace, with goods or services supplied through a website
What is e-commerce?
A set of changes deployed to a computer program designed to update, fix, or improve it
What is a patch?
A vulnerability in the victim's system, allowing the attacker to gain remote, and almost total, control
What is backdoor?