Foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices

This sections introduces core and foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices such as confidentiality, integrity, and availability (the CIA triad)

Learning objectives

• Point 1 • Point 2 • Point 3 • Point 4 • Point 5

This section introduces core and foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices to help learners develop a practical understanding of the goals of cybersecurity and how it is defined and practiced within organizations. This section covers definitions of information security, the CIA triad, risk, threat, vulnerability, mitigation, and the AAA framework (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting).

Topics covered in this section

• Definitions of information security and cybersecurity

• The goals of cybersecurity

• Cybersecurity risk management concepts

• Other foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices

Definitions of information security and cybersecurity

Definitions of information security

Definitions of cybersecurity

The goals of cybersecurity

The main goals of cybersecurity are confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information (the CIA triad).

Information confidentiality

Information integrity

Information availability

Cybersecurity risk management concepts

How cybersecurity is practiced within organizations

Understanding/approaching enterprise cybersecurity in terms of risk, threat, vulnerability, and mitigation

Other foundational cybersecurity concepts and practices

The AAA framework (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting)

The primary goals of cryptography (confidentiality, authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation)

Key lesson takeaways

• Point 1 • Point 2 • Point 3 • Point 4

References

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