7 terms
An attack surface in cybersecurity is the sum of all points where an attacker can try to enter, extract data from or influence a system or…
The CIA triad is the core security model in cybersecurity, defining protection goals as confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.
Defense in depth is the cybersecurity strategy of layering independent controls so that one failed safeguard does not expose the protected asset.
Least privilege is the cybersecurity principle that every user, process and system receives only the minimum access needed to perform its task.
A threat actor is any person, group or organization that intentionally or accidentally causes harm to information systems, data or their users.
A threat model is a structured description of what a system must protect, who might attack it, how, and which controls reduce the resulting risks.
Zero trust is a cybersecurity model that grants no implicit trust by network location and verifies every user, device and request before access.