Social Engineering
This type of scam uses deceptive emails, links, or websites to trick users into giving up sensitive credentials
What is Phishing?
This suffix at the end of HTTP indicates that communication with the website is encrypted and secure
What is HTTPS?
According to security benchmarks, this non-technical variable remains the single most common cause of cyber breaches.
What is Human Error?
The broad umbrella term used to describe any malicious software designed to harm or exploit a computer system.
What is Malware?
This letter in the fundamental "CIA" security triad ensures that data is hidden from unauthorized users.
What is Confidentiality?
This term refers to the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information.
What is Social Engineering?
A network security device or software that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing traffic based on predetermined rules.
What is a Firewall?
You should apply these to software and operating systems as soon as they drop to patch critical vulnerabilities.
What are Software Updates (or Patches)?
A type of malware that self-replicates and spreads across network structures without requiring human activation.
What is a Worm?
This letter in the "CIA" triad ensures that data is reliable, accurate, and has not been altered maliciously.
What is Integrity?
An attack targeted explicitly at a high-profile individual or specific employee using personalized messaging.
What is Spear Phishing?
This tool creates an encrypted tunnel to protect your data and privacy when using risky public Wi-Fi networks.
What is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)?
This security strategy requires both a standard password and a second physical or dynamic step to verify identity.
What is Multi-Factor Authentication?
This type of harmful software silently installs itself on devices to track user activity and steal personal data.
What is Spyware?
This letter in the "CIA" triad ensures that systems, networks, and data remain accessible to authorized users when needed.
What is Availability?
The psychological trigger that scammers exploit to force victims to act quickly before thinking.
What is Urgency?
This type of cyberattack intercepts communication between two parties secretly to eavesdrop or alter data.
What is a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack?
The core security principle that dictates users and systems should only have the minimum access necessary to perform their jobs.
What is the Principle of Least Privilege?
Malicious software that encrypts user files and demands payment in exchange for the decryption key.
What is Ransomware?
A cryptographic method that uses two completely different but mathematically linked keys: a public key and a private key.
What is Asymmetric Encryption?
A social engineering tactic where an attacker physical follows an authorized person into a secure building without scanning a badge.
What is Tailgating (or Piggybacking)?
A malicious flooding of a server with TCP connection requests designed to exhaust its resources and cause a crash.
What is a SYN Flood attack?
The core philosophy of this security framework is to "trust nothing, verify everything" regardless of network perimeter.
What is Zero Trust?
An unauthorized software program that appears legitimate but unloads a malicious payload once executed on a target device.
What is a Trojan Horse?
The cryptographic goal that prevents a sender from denying they sent a specific message or performed a transaction.
What is Non-repudiation?