EC Council CTIA

EC Council CTIA

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Definition of Intelligence and its Essential Terminology

  • **Intelligence is the process of utilizing information to analyze and respond to emerging requirements of an organization.
  • **Intelligence converts "what" and "how" of the information into "why" and "when" of the problem-solving process.

Cyber Threat

A possibility of performing malicious actions to damage critical IT resources of the target organization

Vulnerability

Existence of a weakness, design, or implementation error that can be lead to an unexpected event compromising the security of the system.

Zero-Day Attack

An attack that exploit computer application vulnerabilities before the software developer releases a patch for them.

Exploit

A breach of IT system security through vulnerabilities,

Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)

An attack focused on stealing information from the victim machine without the user's knowledge.

Risk

Degree of uncertainly or expectation that an adverse event may cause damage to the system

Information Security

A state of well-being of information and infrastructure in which the possibility of theft, tampering, and disruption of information and services in kept low or tolerable.

Intelligence vs. Information vs. Data

Data

Data in the raw form generally exist in huge volumes, define an object or individual, do not include any context and are unprocessed.

Information

Interconnected bunch of raw data providing meaningful information, which states facts abour human queries and knowledge.

Intelligence

Analyzed and interpreted information providing broader in-depth knowledge of the subject, which support decision making and response actions.