Cybersecurity Fundamentals
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What is the CIA Triad?
Confidentiality Integrity and Availability; the three fundamental goals of information security.
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What is confidentiality?
Ensuring information is accessible only to authorized people.
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What is integrity?
Ensuring information remains accurate complete and unaltered without authorization.
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What is availability?
Ensuring systems and information are accessible when needed.
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What is authentication?
Verifying the identity of a user or device.
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What is authorization?
Determining what an authenticated user is allowed to access or do.
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What is multi-factor authentication?
Using two or more different authentication factors to verify identity.
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What is access control?
A security process that determines who can access resources and what actions they can perform.
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What is auditing?
Recording and reviewing activities to track user actions and detect suspicious behavior.
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What is event logging?
Recording system application and security events for monitoring and troubleshooting.
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What is malware?
Malicious software designed to damage disrupt or gain unauthorized access to systems.
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What is a virus?
Malware that attaches to files or programs and spreads when they are executed.
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What is a worm?
Malware that self-replicates and spreads across systems often through networks.
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What is a Trojan horse?
Malware disguised as legitimate software.
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What is ransomware?
Malware that encrypts or locks data and demands payment.
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What is spyware?
Software that secretly collects information about users.
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What is a rootkit?
Malware designed to hide malicious activity and maintain privileged access.
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What is phishing?
A social engineering attack that tricks people into revealing information or clicking malicious links.
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What is spear phishing?
A targeted phishing attack aimed at a specific individual or organization.
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What is social engineering?
Manipulating people into revealing confidential information or performing unsafe actions.
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What is pretexting?
Creating a fabricated scenario to trick someone into revealing information.
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What is tailgating?
Following an authorized person into a restricted area without permission.
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What is a DoS attack?
Denial of Service; an attack that overwhelms a service or system to make it unavailable.
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What is a DDoS attack?
Distributed Denial of Service; an attack that uses multiple devices or sources to overwhelm a target.
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What is SQL injection?
An attack that inserts malicious SQL statements into vulnerable application inputs to manipulate database queries.
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What is spoofing?
Falsifying an identity or address to impersonate another device user or organization.
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What is footprinting?
Gathering information about a target system or organization.
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What is a zero-day vulnerability?
A software vulnerability unknown to the vendor or without an available security fix.
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What is a firewall?
A security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on rules.
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What is the principle of least privilege?
Giving users only the access and permissions necessary to perform their jobs.
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