Security

Core Concepts

risk = impact (of compromise/breach) x probability (of compromise/breach)
security posture
- Security posture refers to an organization’s overall state of cybersecurity readiness.
- Security posture encompasses a number of related things. It includes the strength of an organization's security defenses/controls, the ability to prevent, detect and respond to intrusions. And the general maturity of an organization in terms of how it looks at and addresses security.
- Security Posture also refers to the strength/resilience of a system in terms of being protected against attack.
Indicator of Attack (IOA), some evidence that is related to an adversary attempting to breach an environment
Indicator of Compromise (IOC), some evidence that an adversary has compromised an environment