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cyber security mind map - Coggle Diagram

- - - - organizational; at an organizational level, it is everyone's responsibility to protect the organization's reputation,data and customers
      - personal; on a personal level, you need to safeguard your identity your data and your computing devices
      - government ; as more digital information is being gathered and shared, its protection becomes even more vital at the government level, where national security economic stability, economic stability and wellbeing of citizens are at stake
- - - - Confidentiality is a set of rules that prevents sensitive information from being disclosed to unauthorized people, resources and processes. Methods to ensure confidentiality include data encryption, identity proofing and two factor authentication.
      - Integrity ensures that system information or processes are protected from intentional or accidental modification. One way to ensure integrity is to use a hash function or checksum.
      - Availability means that authorized users are able to access systems and data when and where needed and those that do not meet established conditions, are not. This can be achieved by maintaining equipment, performing hardware repairs, keeping operating systems and software up to date, and creating backups.
    - - Processing refers to data that is being used to perform an operation such as updating a database record (data in process).
      - Storage refers to data stored in memory or on a permanent storage device such as a hard drive, solid-state drive or USB drive (data at rest).
      - Transmission refers to data traveling between information systems (data in transit).
- - - - This group of attackers break into computer systems or networks to gain access. Depending on the intent of their break in, they can be classified as white, gray or black hat hackers.
      - White hat attackers break into networks or computer systems to identify any weaknesses so that the security of a system or network can be improved. These break-ins are done with prior permission and any results are reported back to the owner.
      - Gray hat attackers may set out to find vulnerabilities in a system but they will only report their findings to the owners of a system if doing so coincides with their agenda. Or they might even publish details about the vulnerability on the internet so that other attackers can exploit it.
      - Black hat attackers take advantage of any vulnerability for illegal personal, financial or political gain.
    - - These attackers include organizations of cyber criminals, hacktivists, terrorists and state-sponsored hackers. They are usually highly sophisticated and organized, and may even provide cybercrime as a service to other criminals.
      - Hacktivists make political statements to create awareness about issues that are important to them.
      - State-sponsored attackers gather intelligence or commit sabotage on behalf of their government. They are usually highly trained and well-funded and their attacks are focused on specific goals that are beneficial to their government.