Cybersecurity Awareness: Cybersecurity Terminology
44mBeginner2025-02-21
Authors

Lauren Zink
Information Security Professional, Educator
Course details
Do you want to play your part in keeping your company and its assets secure, but you’re not sure if you fully comprehend the security team’s terminology? Understanding the foundations of cybersecurity can help you create a truly secure environment both at work and in your personal life. In this course, instructor Lauren Zink takes you on a crash course for building your awareness of cybersecurity vocabulary, so you can be better equipped to secure your network, whether you’re at home, on the go, or on the job.
Discover core concepts in the cybersecurity field by exploring the relationship between people, processes, and technology, noting the variety of terminology in the constantly shifting security landscape, and building your skills along the way. Find out more about common threats and risks and what they mean to you, as Lauren breaks down the meaning of some of the most frequently used terms and demonstrates how they can be applied to create a more secure environment.
Discover core concepts in the cybersecurity field by exploring the relationship between people, processes, and technology, noting the variety of terminology in the constantly shifting security landscape, and building your skills along the way. Find out more about common threats and risks and what they mean to you, as Lauren breaks down the meaning of some of the most frequently used terms and demonstrates how they can be applied to create a more secure environment.
Skills covered
Security AwarenessIncident ResponseCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome to Cybersecurity Terminology 101
1. Defining Cybersecurity and People, Process, and Technology
- 02 - What is cybersecurity
- 03 - People, process, and technology
2. People
- 04 - Security awareness and leadership
- 05 - Red vs. blue vs. purple teams
- 06 - Who are the adversaries
- 07 - Understanding privacy
3. Process
- 08 - Understanding processes and documentation
- 09 - Technical controls
4. Technology
- 10 - Secure practices, terms, and exercises
- 11 - Network controls
- 12 - Advancements in technology
5. Threat Actors and Risks
- 13 - Threat actors and definitions
- 14 - Technical risks
- 15 - Threats that target the human element
Conclusion
- 16 - Apply cybersecurity terminology
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- Cybersecurity Awareness: Phishing Attacks (2022)
- Raising Cybersecurity Awareness through Phishing Simulations
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Cloud Security (2022)
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Web3, Crypto, and NFTs
- Cybersecurity Awareness: The Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Malware Explained
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Ransomware
Related learn paths
- Build Your Cybersecurity Awareness Skills
- Career Essentials in Cybersecurity by Microsoft and LinkedIn
- Explore a Career as a Cloud Administrator
- CISO Leadership: Managing a Cybersecurity Program
- Prepare for the ISC2 Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification Exam (2021)
- Prepare for the ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Exam
- Prepare for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Certification Exam
- Build an Enterprise Cloud Architecture