Unit 3 · Lesson 1
6 steps. Each one is a short story and a question to answer.
Student grades are stored on the school computer. Imagine someone getting in and changing them. This is where information security comes in.
It is managing information properly and protecting it from unauthorized access, modification, deletion or theft.
It stands on 3 elements: confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Confidentiality: only the authorized see it. Integrity: correct, unchanged. Availability: reachable when needed.
Stopping unauthorized people from seeing the grades protects...
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Information security = confidentiality + integrity + availability. It is managing information properly and protecting it from unauthorized access, modification, deletion or theft. It stands on 3 elements: confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Cracking = actually getting into a system illegally and doing harm. Unauthorized access: someone reaching a system or data without legal permission, possibly stealing, altering or destroying it. Cracking: actually and illegally getting into a system, network or account to manipulate, delete or steal data.
Malware = harmful programs entering via the web, email, USB drives or networks. Malware is a general term for harmful programs that damage devices, steal data or disable systems. Attackers hide them inside files, websites or messages. When you open or download them, they move onto your device.
Virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware, ransomware. A virus damages files and slows the device. A worm copies itself and spreads across networks on its own. A Trojan horse disguises itself as a useful program. Spyware gathers your information secretly.
Cybercrime = an illegal act through computers or networks to harm others or profit unlawfully. Cybercrime is any illegal act done with computers over the internet or networks to gain unlawfully or harm others. It has 3 forms: breaking the unauthorized-access law, crimes involving computers or electronic records, and network-based crimes.
Service outage = availability. Password leak = confidentiality. Tampering = integrity. Availability suffers when a service goes down or an attack disables a website. Confidentiality suffers when someone eavesdrops on the network or a password leaks.
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Every idea in the lesson with its rule, ready to screenshot and revise from.
Information security = confidentiality + integrity + availability
Cracking = actually getting into a system illegally and doing harm
Malware = harmful programs entering via the web, email, USB drives or networks
Virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware, ransomware
Cybercrime = an illegal act through computers or networks to harm others or profit unlawfully
Service outage = availability. Password leak = confidentiality. Tampering = integrity
One question from every step. Answer and see your score.
Question 1 of 6
Stopping unauthorized people from seeing the grades protects...
Unit 3
Learn what information security means and its triangle (confidentiality, integrity, availability), cracking, the five types of malware, and cybercrime, in an animated explainer.
The same explanation as the 3D scene, written out for quick review.
Information security = confidentiality + integrity + availability. It is managing information properly and protecting it from unauthorized access, modification, deletion or theft. It stands on 3 elements: confidentiality, integrity and availability.
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Cracking = actually getting into a system illegally and doing harm. Unauthorized access: someone reaching a system or data without legal permission, possibly stealing, altering or destroying it. Cracking: actually and illegally getting into a system, network or account to manipulate, delete or steal data.
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Malware = harmful programs entering via the web, email, USB drives or networks. Malware is a general term for harmful programs that damage devices, steal data or disable systems. Attackers hide them inside files, websites or messages. When you open or download them, they move onto your device.
Page 53, 59
Virus, worm, Trojan horse, spyware, ransomware. A virus damages files and slows the device. A worm copies itself and spreads across networks on its own. A Trojan horse disguises itself as a useful program. Spyware gathers your information secretly.
Page 53, 54
Cybercrime = an illegal act through computers or networks to harm others or profit unlawfully. Cybercrime is any illegal act done with computers over the internet or networks to gain unlawfully or harm others. It has 3 forms: breaking the unauthorized-access law, crimes involving computers or electronic records, and network-based crimes.
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Service outage = availability. Password leak = confidentiality. Tampering = integrity. Availability suffers when a service goes down or an attack disables a website. Confidentiality suffers when someone eavesdrops on the network or a password leaks.
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