Scams and
Cyberattacks
Cyberattacks
Harmful software
Malware
Apple (A founder or CEO)
Founders: Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, Steve Wozniak
CEO: Tim Cook
This field aims to protect technology and information from threats.
Cybersecurity
BIS
Business Information System
A threat actor takes a system captive to request some form of compensation
Ransomware
Microsoft (1 Founder)
Bill Gates or Paul Allen
This field uses programs like python and C++.
Programming/Software Development
IT
Information Technology
A message disguised as if it's from a trustworthy source. It's meant to lure you into revealing sensitive information.
Phishing
NVIDIA (CEO)
Jensen Huang
This field aims to keep regulations around businesses' technology use.
IT Audit
IS
Information Systems
Overloading a system with messages, rendering it too slow to use
DDoS or DoS
OpenAI (CEO)
Sam Altman
This field regulates data storage.
Database Administration
CPU
Central Processing Unit
When a criminal impersonates another individual or organization with the intent to gather personal information
Spoofing
Google (CEO or 1 Founder)
Founders: Larry Page or Sergey Brin
CEO: Sundar Pichai
This field helps connect what a business needs with the right technology solutions to improve its processes.
System Analysis/Improvement
DB
Database