The core elements of data security are: confidentiality, which ensures that data is accessed only by authorized individuals; integrity ensures that information is reliable, as well as accurate; and availability, which ensures that data is both available and accessible to satisfy business needs.
Information systems are methods for storing, managing, using and gathering of data and communications in an organization. They are comprised…
Information assurance and security is the management and protection of knowledge, information, and data. It combines two fields: – Information…
Network security refers to a set of rules and configurations designed to protect the integrity, confidentiality and accessibility of computer networks and data using both software and hardware technologies.
Cyber crime occurs when a computer is the object of the crime or is used as a tool to commit an offense.
A Denial of Service (DoS) is a cyberattack meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. DoS attacks accomplish this by flooding the target with traffic, or sending it information that triggers a crash.
Ransomware is essentially digital extortion executed through software that uses encryption techniques to keep files — and entire systems — locked from use by their original owner, and holds them hostage.
Malware (“malicious software”) is an umbrella term that describes any malicious program or code that is harmful to systems. Hostile, intrusive, and intentionally nasty, malware seeks to invade, damage, or disable computers
Phishing attacks work by getting us to share sensitive information like our usernames and passwords, often against normal logic and reasoning, by using social engineering to manipulate our emotions, such as greed and fear. A typical phishing attack will start with an email spoofed, or faked, to look like it’s coming from a company you do business with or a trusted coworker.
Spyware is a type of malware that infects your computer or network and steals information about you, your Internet usage, and any other valuable data it can get its hands on. It’s one of many methods of a cybersecurity breach.