Topic 1 - Threats and Vulnerabilities

It is important to understand the difference between threats and vulnerabilities and how they can affect your system.

A threat is any circumstance or event with the potential to cause harm to an information system in the form of destruction, disclosure, adverse modification of data, and/or denial of service.

A vulnerability is a weakness in an information system, cryptographic system, or components that could be exploited.
 

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