Cybersecurity terminologies – Letter C

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On this page we will discuss all Cybersecurity terminologies starting with letter ”C’. We will keep updating the page for not addressed terminologies.

Compliance

• Compliance refers to the country/region, state or federal laws or even multi-national regulations that an organization must follow.
• These regulations define
  • what types of data must be protected,
  • what processes are required under the legislation,
  • and what penalties are issued to organizations that fail to comply.

Conditional Access

• Conditional access involves access with conditions.
• If something is true, you’re granted access, but if it’s false, you’re denied.

Confidentiality 

• Confidentiality refers to the need to keep confidential sensitive data such as customer information, passwords, or financial data.
• We can encrypt data to keep it confidential, but then we also need to keep the encryption keys confidential.
• Confidentiality is the most visible part of security. We can clearly see need for sensitive data, keys, passwords, and other secrets to be kept confidential.

Credential stuffing attack

• Credential stuffing is an attack method.
• This takes advantage of the fact that many people use the same username and password across many sites.
• Attackers will use stolen credentials, usually obtained after a data breach on one site, to attempt to access other areas.
• Attackers typically use software tools to automate this process.
• To prevent credential stuffing, it’s important not to reuse passwords, and to change them regularly, particularly after a security breach.

CYBERATTACKS

• CYBERATTACK is trying to get the illegal access to any digital device to damage it.
• A CYBERATTACK is an effort to unlawfully access a computer or any digital device.
• It is meant to cause harm.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity refers to

• Technologies,
• Processes, and
• Training

That helps to protect

• Systems,
• Networks,
• Programs, and
• Data

From

• Cyberattacks,
• Damage, and
• Unauthorized access.

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