Cybersecurity Threats and Concepts
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What is the primary goal of antivirus software?

  • To conduct attacks more efficiently
  • To ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information
  • To prevent, detect, and eliminate malware and viruses (correct)
  • To verify who someone is
  • What is the term for ensuring that health information is kept confidential and secure?

  • Security architecture
  • Privacy protection (correct)
  • Order of volatility
  • Network security
  • What is the CIA triad?

  • A technique that manipulates artificial intelligence and machine learning technology
  • A software program used to prevent, detect, and eliminate malware and viruses
  • A model that helps inform how organizations consider risk when setting up systems and security policies (correct)
  • A type of phishing attack
  • What type of threat is posed by a current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner?

    <p>Internal threat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a computer virus?

    <p>Malicious code written to interfere with computer operations and cause damage to data and software</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of an intrusion detection system (IDS)?

    <p>To monitor system activity and alert on possible intrusions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of authentication?

    <p>To verify who someone is</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for software designed to harm devices or networks?

    <p>Malware</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a database?

    <p>A collection of information or data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)?

    <p>Improving software security</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of availability?

    <p>To ensure that data is accessible to those who are authorized to access it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for information that relates to an individual's past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition?

    <p>Protected health information (PHI)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a network protocol analyzer (packet sniffer)?

    <p>To capture and analyze data traffic within a network</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a hacktivist?

    <p>A person who uses hacking to achieve a political goal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Business Email Compromise (BEC)?

    <p>A type of phishing attack where a threat actor impersonates a known source to obtain financial advantage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a voluntary framework that consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity risk?

    <p>National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Framework (CSF)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Cybersecurity Threats and Concepts

    • Adversarial AI: A technique that manipulates AI and ML to conduct attacks more efficiently
    • Business Email Compromise (BEC): A type of phishing attack where a threat actor impersonates a known source to obtain financial advantage
    • Computer Virus: Malicious code written to interfere with computer operations and cause damage to data and software
    • Cryptographic Attack: An attack that affects secure forms of communication between a sender and intended recipient
    • Hacker: A person or group who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data
    • Hacktivist: A person who uses hacking to achieve a political goal
    • Malware: Software designed to harm devices or networks
    • Password Attack: An attempt to access password-secured devices, systems, networks, or data
    • Phishing: The use of digital communications to trick people into revealing sensitive data or deploying malicious software
    • Physical Attack: A security incident that affects not only digital but also physical environments where the incident is deployed
    • Physical Social Engineering: An attack in which a threat actor impersonates an employee, customer, or vendor to obtain unauthorized access to a physical location

    Information Security Concepts

    • Asset: An item perceived as having value to an organization
    • Availability: The idea that data is accessible to those who are authorized to access it
    • CIA Triad: A model that helps inform how organizations consider risk when setting up systems and security policies
    • Confidentiality: Only authorized users can access specific assets or data
    • Integrity: The idea that the data is correct, authentic, and reliable
    • Internal Threat: A current or former employee, external vendor, or trusted partner who poses a security risk
    • Network Security: The practice of keeping an organization's network infrastructure secure from unauthorized access
    • Privacy Protection: The act of safeguarding personal information from unauthorized use

    Information Technologies

    • Database: An organized collection of information or data
    • Log: A record of events that occur within an organization's systems
    • Linux: An open-source operating system
    • Network Protocol Analyzer (Packet Sniffer): A tool designed to capture and analyze data traffic within a network
    • Programming: A process that can be used to create a specific set of instructions for a computer to execute tasks

    Frameworks and Standards

    • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): A U.S. federal law established to protect patients' health information
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Framework (CSF): A voluntary framework that consists of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage cybersecurity risk
    • Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP): A non-profit organization focused on improving software security

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    Learn about various types of cybersecurity threats, including adversarial AI, business email compromise, computer viruses, and cryptographic attacks. Test your knowledge on these important concepts!

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