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Mind Map by Nikodem HARA, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nikodem HARA
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Cyber Security
- Key Terms
- Cyber Security
- refers to the range of measures that can be taken
to protect computer systems, networks and data
from unauthorised access or cyberattack.
- refers to the range of measures that can be taken
to protect computer systems, networks and data
from unauthorised access or cyberattack.
- Threat
- A threat is an incident or
an action which is
deliberate or unintended
that results in disruption,
down time or data loss.
- Internal Threat = caused by an incident inside an
organisation
- External Threat = caused outside the organisation
- Internal Threat = caused by an incident inside an
organisation
- A threat is an incident or
an action which is
deliberate or unintended
that results in disruption,
down time or data loss.
- Attack
- An attack is a deliberate action,
targeting an organisation’s digital
system or data.
- An attack is a deliberate action,
targeting an organisation’s digital
system or data.
- Unauthorized Access
- This refers to someone gaining entry
without permission to an
organisation’s system, software or
data.
- This is achieved by
exploiting a
security
vulnerability
- This is achieved by
exploiting a
security
vulnerability
- This refers to someone gaining entry
without permission to an
organisation’s system, software or
data.
- Cyber Security
- Hackers
- Hacker
- Is someone who seeks out and
exploits these vulnerabilities.
- Is someone who seeks out and
exploits these vulnerabilities.
- Black Hat Hackers
- Is someone who tries to inflict
damage by compromising
security systems
- Is someone who tries to inflict
damage by compromising
security systems
- Grey Hat Hackers
- Is someone who does it
for fun and not with
malicious intent
- Is someone who does it
for fun and not with
malicious intent
- White Hat Hackers
- Is someone who works with organisations to
strengthen the security of a system
- Is someone who works with organisations to
strengthen the security of a system
- Hacker
- Types of threats
- Malware
- Malicious Software
- This is an umbrella term given to software that
is designed to harm a digital system, damage
data or harvest sensitive information.
- This is an umbrella term given to software that
is designed to harm a digital system, damage
data or harvest sensitive information.
- Virus
- A piece of malicious code
that attaches to a
legitimate program. It is
capable of reproducing
itself and usually capable
of causing great harm to
files or other programs on
the same computer.
- A piece of malicious code
that attaches to a
legitimate program. It is
capable of reproducing
itself and usually capable
of causing great harm to
files or other programs on
the same computer.
- Worm
- Worms get around by exploiting vulnerabilities in
operating systems and attaching themselves to emails.
They self replicate at a tremendous rate, using up hard
drive space and bandwidth, overloading servers.
- Worms get around by exploiting vulnerabilities in
operating systems and attaching themselves to emails.
They self replicate at a tremendous rate, using up hard
drive space and bandwidth, overloading servers.
- Malicious Software
- Malware
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