Network Security Fundamentals

Asset: A person, device, location, or information that SecOps aims to protect from attack.

Attack: An action taken by a threat that exploits a vulnerability that attempts to either block authorized access to an asset, or to gain unauthorized access to an asset.

Risk: The potential of a threat to exploit a vulnerability via an attack.

SecOps: The abbreviation for IT security operations; a discipline within IT responsible for protecting assets by reducing the risk of attacks.

Threat: Something or someone that can exploit a vulnerability to attack an asset.

Vulnerability: A weakness in software, hardware, facilities, or humans that can be exploited by a threat.

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