Cybersecurity 101

A practical security vocabulary for business leaders.

Understand the essential concepts behind risk, controls, monitoring, response, and recovery.

What this delivers

Security that makes the next decision clearer.

Risk

The combination of likelihood and impact when a threat can exploit a weakness affecting something valuable.

Control

A technical, administrative, or physical safeguard designed to reduce risk.

Detection

The ability to notice suspicious activity, control failure, or evidence of compromise.

Response

The coordinated actions used to contain harm, investigate events, recover operations, and learn.

Resilience

The ability to continue or restore important operations after disruption.

Defense in depth

Using multiple independent safeguards so one failure does not decide the outcome.

Start with visibility

Know where you stand—and what to do next.

Begin with a focused review of the identities, systems, data, and business processes that matter most.

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