News reports about data breaches can sound like they’re written in a foreign language, which makes cybersecurity seem impossible. Luckily, it’s not.
Securing your company’s data requires planning and diligence, but understanding a few key terms will make it easier to understand both the risks and the solutions. This quick reference to 30 important cybersecurity concepts will help you prepare and protect your organization from these threats.
What’s Inside:
- Explanations of cyber threats such as denial-of-service attacks, war driving, SQL injection attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks
- Clarification of easily confused terms such as “vulnerability,” “security threat,” and “security incident”
- Definitions of protective steps such as encryption and privileged user management (PUM)
Why It Matters
Before you can protect your organization against a data breach or ransomware attack, you first have to know the enemy. Learn the landscape with these 30 keys to cybersecurity.

Brett Nabors
Partner, IT Advisory Services
For more than 15 years, Brett Nabors, CISA, CCSK, CDPSE, CMMC RP, has assisted organizations as an internal…

Trip Hillman
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Brian Thomas
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