October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, let's have a look at some important cybersecurity terms

In today's world, many companies are organizing regular workshops, training, and cybersecurity awareness programs for their staff to stay resilient. Everyone should have an interest in cybersecurity and the best way to start your cybersecurity journey is to learn about the most recurring cyberattacks and cybersecurity solutions. With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, let's have a look at some of the important cybersecurity terms.

Identity and access management (IAM)

Companies use Identity and access management to verify the authenticity of requests made by individuals or devices to access cloud or on-premise applications. IAM solutions are being used to improve the visibility of who has access to what and ensure no one misuses access.

Firewall

A firewall is an indispensable cog in an organization's security design. It screens all incoming and outgoing network traffic according to the IT group's directions with the essential objective of non-threatening traffic and keeping out all malicious traffic.

Advanced Persistent Threat

Advanced persistent threat (APT) is a type of cyberattack wherein an aggressor utilizes progressed and complex methods to penetrate a framework or a network and stay inside for an extensive stretch.

Ransomware Attack

Ransomware is a type of malware that utilizes encryption to hinder an association's admittance to their frameworks, records, data sets, or applications until they consent to pay a ransom. Ransomware is intended to spread across the organization and target database and document servers and can rapidly paralyze a whole association and disrupt business activities.

Cloud Encryption

With numerous organizations moving to the cloud, securing workloads and databases is more critical than ever.  Cloud encryption is possibly the best method that shields sensitive cloud information from attackers in case of a breach.