Glossary of Cyber Security terms, definitions and acronyms

Cyber security definitions/glossary

No matter you’re thinking to get started in cyber security or have years of practical exposure of information security, following terms in Cyber security can be helpful.

What is Cyber security awareness training?

• What is cybersecurity awareness training for employees?
• Why is cyber security awareness training important?
  • When employees are not aware of Cyber Security
• What is the goal of cybersecurity awareness training?
  • Purpose of information security awareness training is described as under:
    • 1. Building A Resilient Cyber security Culture
    • 2. Compliance with regulations and standards
    • 3. PCI DSS 12. 6 – formal security awareness training program
    • 4. HIPAA Privacy Rule 45 CFR and 164.530(b)(1) – security awareness training for protected health information (PHI)
    • 5. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) 4 U.S.C. & 3544 Security Training
    • 6. NIST Special Publication 800-53 – Security awareness training and security awareness
    • 7. Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) rule, 16 CFR 314.4
    • 8. The International Standards Organization (ISO)’s Information Security standard ISO/IEC 27002:2005

NIST Incident Response Plan

• Cyber Security Incidents – 2020 Statistics
• What is Cyber Security Incident response and Management?
• Who is responsible for Cyber incident response activities?
• What is the purpose of goal of incident management?
  • Incident response step by step instructions help in:
• NIST Incident Response Team Models
  • Understanding NIST Incident Response Team Structures
    • Central Incident Response Team:
    • Distributed Incident Response Teams:
    • Coordinating Team:

Cyber Security Tabletop Exercise

• Definition: What is cyber security tabletop exercise?
• Why run a Cyber Tabletop Exercise
• Types of Tabletop Exercises
• Benefits of Cyber Security Tabletop Exercise
• Stakeholders: Tabletop Exercise Staff
• Regulatory Obligations  
• Scenarios: Cyber security Tabletop Exercise

What is RASP Security?

• What is Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) Application Security? – Overview
• What is RASP Security?
  • Runtime Application Self Protection – Making Applications become self-defending
  • Gartner RASP Magic Quadrant
• RASP Application Security Testing
• How RASP Security Solutions Tools Work?
• RASP application security works in 2 operational modes   
  • Diagnostic mode:
  • Self-protection mode:
• RASP Security Software – Beyond Perimeter-based protections