From the course: Ethical Hacking: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
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Providing information assurance
From the course: Ethical Hacking: Introduction to Ethical Hacking
Providing information assurance
- [Instructor] Information assurance is managing risk and reducing the threat of a cyber attack. In this segment we'll outline methods used to protect information systems and learn why ethical hacking helps provide the due care in defending an infrastructure's security posture. Information assurance is a comprehensive approach to managing risk and protecting information assets from cyber threats. But just what's at risk? Let's take a look at a mind map for internet infrastructure assets, found here at the European Union Agency For Network and Information Security. Select this link and open the document. Now, this document will show all potential vulnerable targets in our internet infrastructure. Now you can look around the map, which is pretty detailed. Of course, we know that there are many, many assets in an organization. The truth is no one is really safe from a data breach and just what is a breach? Well, a…
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