ACTIVITY 5: MIDTERM
LAGO, JADE ARBIE R.
BSED 1
what is information security ?
Information security protects confidential
information from unauthorized access, change, recording, disturbance, or
destruction. The goal is to safeguard and maintain the privacy of sensitive
information such customer account information, financial data, and intellectual
property. Physical or electronic information exist. Information can be anything
from your personal information to your social media profile, cell phone data,
biometrics, and so on.
2)
what
are the cybersecurity threats ?
cyber or cybersecurity threat is a
harmful act aimed at destroying, stealing, or disrupting digital life in
general. Computer viruses, data breaches, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and
other attack vectors are examples of cyber dangers.
- Ransomware – attackers encrypt an organisation’s data and require payment to restore access
- Cryptojacking – when cybercriminals secretly use a victim’s computing power to generate cryptocurrency
- Threats against data – data breaches/leaks
- Malware – a software, which triggers a process that affects a system
- Disinformation/misinformation – the spread of misleading information
- Non-malicious threats – human errors and misconfigurations of a system
- Threats against availability and integrity – attacks that prevent the users of a system from accessing their information
- Email-related threats – aims at manipulating people to fall victims to an email attack
- Supply chain threats – attacking, for example a service provider, in order to gain access to a customer's data.
3)
How to keep your data and computer secure?
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