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Essential Cybersecurity Controls
Terminology
Definition
Effectiveness refers to the degree to which a planned impact is achieved. Planned activities
Effectiveness
are considered effective if these activities are already implemented, and the planned results
are considered effective if the results are already achieved. KPIs can be used to measure
and evaluate the level of effectiveness.
Efficiency
Event
Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol
Secure (HTTPS)
Identification
Incident
Integrity
(Inter) National
Requirements
The relationship between the results achieved (outputs) and the resources used (inputs).
The efficiency of a process or system can be enhanced by achieving more results using the
same resources (inputs) or even less.
Something that happens in a specific place (such as network, systems, applications) at a
specific time.
A protocol that uses encryption to secure web pages and data when they are transmitted
over the network. It is a secure version of the Hypertext Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
It is the means of verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, typically as a prerequisite
for granting access to resources in a system.
A compromise through violation of cybersecurity policies, acceptable use policies, practices
or cybersecurity controls or requirements.
Protection against unauthorized modification or destruction of information, including
ensuring information non-repudiation and authenticity.
National requirements are those developed by a regulatory organization or body in Saudi
Arabia for regulatory use (e.g., NCA’s Essential Cybersecurity Controls ECC-1:2018)
International requirements are those developed by a global organization for worldwide
regulatory or best practices use (e.g., SWIFT, PCI DSS).
Intrusion
Prevention
System (IPS)
A system with intrusion detection capabilities, as well as the ability to prevent and stop
Key Performance
Indicator (KPI)
A type of performance measurement that evaluates the success of an organization or of a
suspicious or potential incidents.
particular activity in which it engages to achieve particular objectives and goals.
Display of information (by specific and standard naming and coding) that is placed on
Labelling
the organization›s assets (such as devices, applications and documents) to be used to
refer to some information related to the classification, ownership, type and other asset
management information.
Least Privilege
Malware
A basic principle in cybersecurity that aims at granting users the access privileges they need
to carry out their official responsibilities only.
A program that infects systems, usually covertly, with the intent of compromising the
confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the victim’s data, applications, or operating system
or of otherwise annoying or disrupting the victim.
A security system that verifies user identity, which requires the use of several separate
elements of identity verification mechanisms. Verification mechanisms include several
Multi-Factor
Authentication
(MFA)
elements:
• Knowledge (something only the user knows “like password”).
• Possession (something only owned by the user “such as a program , device generating random numbers or SMSs” for login records, which are called: One-Time-Password).
• Inherent Characteristics (a characteristic of the user only, such as fingerprint).
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