White Hacker: Student Handbook

Cybersecurity is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect

networks, computers, programs and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access. In a computing context, security includes both cybersecurity and physical security.

What is a secure system?

·         A very wide-ranging term with no standard definition.

·         It covers all aspects of ensuring the protection of citizens, businesses and critical infrastructures from threats that arise from their use of computers and the internet.

Concept of Cybersecurity

ITU-T X.1205 Definition

·         Cybersecurity is the collection of tools, policies, security concepts, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management approaches, actions, training, best practices, assurance and technologies that can be used to protect the cyber environment and organization and user’s assets. Organization and user’s assets include connected computing devices, personnel, infrastructure, applications, services, telecommunications systems, and the totality of transmitted and/or stored information in the cyber environment.

·         Cybersecurity strives to ensure the attainment and maintenance of the security properties of the organization and user’s assets against relevant security risks in the cyber environment.

·         The general security objectives comprise the following:

o    Availability

o   Integrity, which may include authenticity and non-repudiation

o    Confidentiality

Cybersecurity is not…

•        Computer security

•        Security engineering

•        Encryption

•        Computer crime

 Computer forensics

Cyber attack

A malicious attempt, using digital technologies, to cause personal or property loss or damage, and/or steal or alter confidential personal or organizational data.

The Most Common Types of Cyberattacks