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AguTech Intoduction To Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity encompasses practices and technologies aimed at safeguarding systems, networks, and data from cyber threats such as hacking and malware, focusing on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is crucial for data protection, compliance with legal regulations, and building customer trust, while common threats include data breaches, phishing, and insider threats. The vulnerability management process involves asset discovery, vulnerability scanning, risk assessment, and remediation to address security gaps.

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AguTech Intoduction To Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity encompasses practices and technologies aimed at safeguarding systems, networks, and data from cyber threats such as hacking and malware, focusing on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is crucial for data protection, compliance with legal regulations, and building customer trust, while common threats include data breaches, phishing, and insider threats. The vulnerability management process involves asset discovery, vulnerability scanning, risk assessment, and remediation to address security gaps.

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What is Cybersecurity?

Cybersecurity Defined
•Cybersecurity involves practices and technologies
designed to protect systems, networks, and data from
cyber threats like hacking, phishing, and malware.

Confidentiality: Ensuring that sensitive information is


accessible only to authorized individuals or systems.

•Integrity: Ensuring that information remains accurate,


consistent, and unaltered by unauthorized means.

Availability: Ensuring that data and systems are accessible


to authorized users whenever needed.
Importance of Cybersecurity

Data Protection Financial Consequences


Ensures personal, financial, and intellectual property data In 2022, the average cost of a data breach exceeded
remain secure from breaches. $4.35 million.

Legal Requirements Building Trust


Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA require strict Secure systems build customer trust and enhance
data protection practices. reputation.
Common Cyber Threats

Data Breaches Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks


Unauthorized access to sensitive information like Flooding networks or systems to render them unusable.
personal and financial data.

Insider Threats Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)


Malicious actions from within the organization, often Long-term, targeted attacks designed to steal data
involving employees or contractors. without detection.
Types of Cyber Threats

Phishing Social Engineering Malware


Fraudulent emails or messages Manipulative tactics used to exploit Malicious software designed to
designed to trick users into providing human psychology for unauthorized damage, disrupt, or steal data.
sensitive information. access.
Business Email Compromise (BEC) Viruses: Malicious code written to interfere
Spear phishing: A malicious email attack that Social media phishing: A threat actor collects with computer operations and cause damage
targets a specific user or group of users detailed information about their target from to data and software.
Whaling: A form of spear phishing. Threat social media sites.
actors target company executives USB baiting: A threat actor strategically leaves Worms: Malware that can duplicate and
Vishing: The exploitation of electronic voice a malware USB stick for an employee to find spread itself across systems on its own.
communication to obtain sensitive and install
Spyware: Malware that’s used to gather and
information Physical social engineering: A threat actor
sell information without consent.
Smishing: The use of text messages to trick impersonates an employee, customer, or
users, in order to obtain sensitive information vendor to obtain unauthorized access to a
Ransomware: A malicious attack where threat
physical location.
actors encrypt an organization's data and
demand payment
Network and Software Vulnerabilities

Outdated Software Weak Passwords


Leads to security gaps that are easily exploited by Easily guessed or cracked, leading to unauthorized
attackers. access.

Misconfigured Systems Lack of Encryption


Poorly configured security settings increase vulnerability Exposes sensitive data to theft during transmission or
to attacks. storage.
Impact of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

Data Breaches Compliance Penalties Loss of Customer Trust


Lead to financial losses, Non-compliance with Breaches often result in
operational disruption, regulations like GDPR a loss of customer trust
and reputation damage. or HIPAA can result in and loyalty.
substantial fines.
The Vulnerability Management Process

Asset Discovery Vulnerability Scanning


Identifying all hardware and software in your network. Scanning for weaknesses and potential security gaps.

Risk Assessment Remediation


Evaluating the severity of each vulnerability. Fixing or mitigating identified vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Management Lifecycle

Discovery Prioritization
Identify assets and associated vulnerabilities. Rank vulnerabilities by risk and impact.

Remediation Monitoring
Take corrective actions to fix vulnerabilities. Continuous monitoring to detect new vulnerabilities.
Tools for Vulnerability Management

Nessus Burp Suite Qualys


Popular tool known Application security Cloud-based
for vulnerability testing. vulnerability
scanning. assessment
platform.

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