Cybersecurity Activity

6. A security measure that allows only approved, trusted entities or actions to be executed, blocking everything else.
7. Facility where enterprise information systems (websites, applications, databases, data centers and servers, networks, desktops, and other endpoints) are monitored, assessed, and defended by analysts.
10. A weakness in a system that can be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized access or cause harm.
14. The act of secretly listening to private communications, typically to gather sensitive or personal information without the knowledge or consent of the participants
15. network of infected devices controlled remotely by a hacker, often used for carrying out distributed denial-of service (DDoS) attacks.

1. Locks the computer or data and demands a payment to release the machine.
2. A network security system designed to monitor and control incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
3. A system that collects, analyzes, and correlates security event data from across an organization’s IT infrastructure to detect, monitor, and respond to potential security incidents in real-time.
4. Software designed to detect, prevent, and remove malicious software, such as viruses, worms, and trojans, from computers.
5. A decoy system or network that serves to attract potential attackers.
8. A process that ensures and confirms a user’s identity.
9. Identification method that enables users to log in to multiple applications and websites with one set of credentials.
11. A type of surveillance software that records keystrokes made by a user.
12. Spread to other machines on a network.(Hint: Its color is red)
13. A security mechanism that isolates programs or files to prevent them from affecting the rest of the system, often used for testing potentially harmful software.