Information
This is written to do harm and be classified into many categories based on how they propagate and behave.
What is a Computer Virus?
This terms means systems, networks, and applications must be functioning as they should and when they should.
What is Availability?
A hidden method of bypassing security to gain access to a restricted part of a computer system.
What is a Backdoor?
Software that scans files or your computer's memory for certain patterns that may indicate the presence of malicious software.
What is Anti-virus?
A network security device that monitors traffic to or from your network. It allows or blocks traffic based on a defined set of security rules.
What is a Firewall?
The principle of ensuring data is trustworthy and protected from unauthorized modification or destruction.
What is Integrity?
Pretending to be something or someone other than yourself.
What is Spoofing?
The process of securing systems and networks by reducing the surface of vulnerability
What is Hardening?
This Plan for emergency response, backup operations, and post-disaster recovery steps that will ensure the availability of critical resources and facilitate the continuity of operations in an emergency situation.
What is BCP (Business Continuity Plan)?
This type of malware that holds a victim’s sensitive data or device hostage, threatening to keep it locked—or worse—unless the victim pays a ransom to the attacker.
What is Ransomware?
The use of personality, knowledge of human nature and social skills to steal passwords, keys tokens or other credentials to gain access to systems.
What is Social Engineering?
These are network security technologies that monitor for threats and protect networks from cyber attacks
What is IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Protection System)
This ensures that information is disclosed only to those who are authorized to view it.
What is Confidentiality?
This attack is an attempt to steal sensitive information, typically in the form of usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, bank account information by luring or tricking the victims typically by email.
What is Phishing?
This a weakness in a computer system, network, or software program that can be exploited by a cybercriminal to gain unauthorized access.
What is a Vulnerability?
This security measure that requires users to provide more than just a password to log in to an account.
What is MFA(Multi-factor Authentication)?
This authentication process that verifies a user’s identity using their unique biological traits such as fingerprints, voices, retinas, and facial features.
What is Biometrics?
This widely used information security model guides the banks efforts and policies aimed at keeping its data secure. The trifecta is part of the category name.
What is the CIA Triad?
A hacking method that uses trial and error to crack passwords, login credentials.
What is a Brute Force Attack?
The process of converting readable data into an unreadable format to protect its confidentiality
What is Encryption?