Question

Case Project 1-2: Personal Information Security Terminology The scenario of Ellie protecting her scooter was used in this chapter to introduce important key terms used in information security: asset, threat, threat actor, vulnerability, attack vector, attack surface, likelihood, and risk. Create your own one-paragraph scenario with those key terms using a situation with which you are familiar. Also, create a table similar to Table 1-5 that lists these terms and how they are used in your scenario.

Answer 1

Paragraph with the Important key terms that is used in Information Security:-

I am a student having purusing my degree in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. I have to work on my laptop daily. While using most of my time on laptop i am facing many of the problems related to information security. Like I have to save my data which is also called asset means the data saved saved in my Computer.Threat can be like Software attacks, theft of intellectual property, identity theft. Threat actor is factor which is responsible for breakout of transferring or moving the data from one folder to another. Sometimes when the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally this is called vulnerablity. Attack vector  is a path or means by which a hacker (or cracker) can gain access to a computer or network server in order to deliver a payload or malicious outcome. Sometimes we take a file or game from another Pc in this we have a risk factor that wheather the system misbehave or not.

Table:-

Asset:- Data which is saved in our in our Pc or in our computer.

Threat:- Threat can be like Software attacks, theft of intellectual property, identity theft.

Threat actor:- Threat actor is factor which is responsible for breakout of transferring or moving the data from one folder to another.

Vulnerability:- the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

Attack Vector:-An attack vector is a path or means by which a hacker (or cracker) can gain access to a computer or network server in order to deliver a payload or malicious outcome.

Attack Surface:- The attack surface of a software environment is the sum of the different points where an unauthorized user can try to enter data to or extract data from an environment.

Risk:- Risk is the probability of exposure or loss resulting from a cyber attack or data breach on your organization.