Security Vulnerabilities and Prevention

Start with threats

Begin with a System Security mind map for an overview of threats to networks. Maps with this title cover malware, phishing, social engineering and brute force attacks. They also include distributed denial-of-service attacks, data interception and theft, and SQL injection. Use the branches to identify terms you want to study more closely.

Next, open the flashcard deck on system security. Its questions ask about hacking, phishing and people as a weak link in security. Try answering before you look back at a map. You can use the questions to decide which terms need another look.

Move on to prevention

After exploring the threats, look at System Security Prevention. This mind map describes penetration testing, in which experts simulate attacks to find weaknesses. Compare that approach with the vulnerabilities shown in the threat maps. Keep track of which attacks and prevention ideas each resource covers.

For another perspective, the Secure System Design note covers topics including trusted operating systems, drive encryption, server and application hardening, and removable media control. Read it alongside the maps to see a different way of organizing security information.

Use the resources together

The page also lists a quiz. Open it to see the questions it asks, then return to a relevant mind map if you want to look again at an idea. Maps can help you organize terms, while flashcards give you questions to work through.

Security Vulnerabilities and Prevention is a section of System and Endpoint Security in Cybersecurity. Use this page to focus on the resources in that section as you study the unit. Choose a resource and make your own study plan.