Do You Know These 7 Terms About Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities?

In today's digitally interconnected world, where cybercriminals continue to advance as technology does, understanding the landscape of cyber threats and vulnerabilities is crucial for both individuals and organizations. Below, we define seven fundamental terms and provide additional resources that will help you begin to better understand what cyber threats and vulnerabilities are and what you can do about them.

1. Threat

Anything with the potential to cause harm to an information system in the form of destruction, disclosure, denial of service, or adverse modification of the intended behavior of the system or its data.

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2. Threat Modeling

A category of activities designed to identify threats and preventative measures for a system or application.

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3. Vulnerability

Something that allows an attacker to gain an advantage, ranging from full control of the system to a slight influence over it.

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4. Vulnerability Management

The cyclical practice of identifying, classifying, and remediating or mitigating vulnerabilities (generally in software).

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5. Vulnerability Scanning

The process used to identify security vulnerabilities in a target infrastructure or system.

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6. Attack Surface

The entry points where an unauthorized user can try to gain access to data or to a system. Keeping these surfaces as small as possible is a basic way to eliminate vulnerabilities to the cloud.

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7. Attack Pattern

A description of a common attack used by malicious parties. Programmers must be aware of these patterns in order to defend against them.

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These resources are just the beginning of what CSA has to offer. Watch on-demand recordings of the CSA Cloud Threats & Vulnerabilities Summit 2024 to get a more holistic understanding of the most critical threats and vulnerabilities facing us today.