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(SYO-501)  \n▪ Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities (21%)  \n▪ Technologies and Tools (22%)  \n▪ Architecture and Design (15%)  \n▪ Identity and Access Management (16%)  \n▪ Risk Management (14%)  \n▪ Cryptography and PKI (12%)  \no 90 minutes to answer up to 90 questions  \no Minimum to Pass  \n● Overview of Security  \no Information Security  \n▪ Act of protecting data and information from unauthorized access, unlawful modification and disruption, disclosure, corruption, and destruction  \no Information Systems Security  \n▪ Act of protecting the systems that hold and process our critical data  \no Basics and Fundamentals ● CIA Triad  \no Confidentiality  \n▪ Information has not been disclosed to unauthorized people  \no Integrity  \n▪ Information has not been modified or altered without proper authorization  \no Availability  \n▪ Information is able to be stored, accessed, or protected at all times  \n● AAA of Security  \no Authentication  \n▪ When a person’s identity is established with proof and confirmed by a system  \n● Something you know  \n● Something you are  \n● Something you have  \n● Something you do  \n● Somewhere you are  \no Authorization  \n▪ Occurs when a user is given access to a certain piece of data or certain areas of a building  \no Accounting  \n▪ Tracking of data, computer usage, and network resources  \n▪ Non-repudiation occurs when you have proof that someone has taken an action  \n● Security Threats  \no Malware  \n▪ Short-hand term for malicious software  \no Unauthorized Access  \n▪ Occurs when access to computer resources and data occurs without the consent of the owner  \no System Failure  \n▪ Occurs when a computer crashes or an individual application fails  \no Social Engineering  \n▪ Act of manipulating users into revealing confidential information or performing other detrimental actions  \n● Mitigating Threats  \no Physical Controls  \n▪ Alarm systems, locks, surveillance cameras, identification cards, and security guards  \no Technical Controls  \n▪ Smart cards, encryption, access control lists (ACLs), intrusion detection systems, and network authentication  \no Administrative Controls  \n▪ Policies, procedures, security awareness training, contingency planning, and disaster recovery plans  \n▪ User training is the most cost-effective security control to use  \n● Hackers  \no Five Types of Hackers  \n▪ White Hats  \n● Non-malicious hackers who attempt to break into a company’s systems at their request  \n▪ Black Hats  \n● Malicious hackers who break into computer systems and networks without authorization or permission  \n▪ Gray Hats  \n● Hackers without any affiliation to a company who attempt to break into a company’s network but risk the law by doing so  \n▪ Blue Hats  \n● Hackers who attempt to hack into a network with permission of the company but are not employed by the company  \n▪ Elite  \n● Hackers who find and exploit vulnerabilities before anyone else does  \n● 1 in 10,000 are elite  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