Expression
Definition
Critical Systems
Systems whose incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating
effect on the economic security of an enterprise, community or
nation.
Cyber (Security) A malicious act or suspicious event that disrupts, or was an attempt
Incidents
to disrupt, the operation of those programmable electronic devices
and communications networks including hardware, software and
data that are essential to the Reliable Operation of the Bulk-Power
System.
Cyber Attack(s), An attempt by hackers to damage or destroy a computer network or
Cyberattack(s),
system. The 10 most common cyber-attack types:
Cyber-Attack(s)
- Denial-of-service (DoS) and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
attacks.
- Man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.
- Phishing and spear phishing attacks.
- Drive-by attack.
- Password attack.
- SQL injection attack.
- Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.
- Eavesdropping attack.
Cyber crime(s),
Crimes that use computer networks or devices to advance other ends
Cybercrime(s)
include: Fraud and identity theft (although this increasingly uses
malware, hacking or phishing, making it an example of both
"computer as target" and "computer as tool" crime) Information
warfare.
Cyber Dissuasion The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling
doubt or fear of the consequences.
Cyber Espionage Activities conducted in the name of security, business, politics or
technology to find information that ought to remain secret. It is not
inherently military.
Cyber Hygiene,
Refers to steps that computer users can take to improve their
Cyber-hygiene
cybersecurity and better protect themselves online.
Cyber Security,
Cyber Security is the practice of defending computers, servers,
Cybersecurity
mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from
malicious attacks. It's also known as information technology security
or electronic information security. There is no universally accepted
nor straightforward definition of cyber security. When comparing it
to 'information security' some people regard it as overlapping, being
the same thing. Or they may view information security as focused on
protecting specific individual systems and the information within
organizations, while cyber security is seen as being focused on
protecting the infrastructure and networks of Computer Information
Infrastructures.
CyberSouth
CyberSouth is a joint project of the European Union (European
June 2019
LEBANON NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY STRATEGY
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