UK’s National Cyber Security Centre published an infographic, explaining basic terms of cyber security. This glossary has as a target to explain some of the most common words and phrases we find in cyber security.
For example, in the letter C there is ‘cyber security’, which is described as “The protection of devices, services and networks — and the information on them — from theft or damage.”
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Namely, ‘cyber attack’ is “Malicious attempts to damage, disrupt or gain unauthorised access to computer systems, networks or devices, via cyber means,” while ‘cyber incident’ is a“breach of the security rules for a system or service – most commonly;”
- Attempts to gain unauthorised access to a system and/or to data.
- Unauthorised use of systems for the processing or storing of data.
- Changes to a systems firmware, software or hardware without the system owners consent.
- Malicious disruption and/or denial of service.
