Attackers can use many different methods to gain access to a system. In this video, you’ll learn how messages, images, files, default credentials, and more can be used as threat vectors. << Previous Video: Threat Actors Next Video: Phishing >> A threat vector is the method that an attacker uses to gain access to your […]
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There are many different types of attackers. In this video, you’ll learn about threat actors from nation states, organized crime, shadow IT, and others. << Previous Video: Certificates Next Video: Common Threat Vectors >> A threat actor is an entity that is the cause of an event that affects the security of others. We often
We use certificates to provide trust when accessing other devices or services. In this video, you’ll learn about digital certificates, certificate signing requests, key revocation, OCSP stapling, and more. << Previous Video: Blockchain Technology Next Video: Threat Actors >> A digital certificate is a file that contains both a public key and a digital signature.
Blockchain technology is the foundation of cryptocurrency, but it can also be used for many other purposes. In this video, you’ll learn how blockchain technology works behind the scenes. << Previous Video: Hashing and Digital Signatures Next Video: Certificates >> Blockchain technology is often described as a distributed ledger. This is a ledger that’s available
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The hashing process can provide integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. In this video, you’ll learn how hashes are created and how to use digital signatures. << Previous Video: Obfuscation Next Video: Blockchain Technology >> A cryptographic hash is used to represent data as a short string of text. Sometimes you’ll hear this referred to as a
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Obfuscation can be used in IT security to hide information in unique ways. In this video, you’ll learn about steganography, tokenization, and data masking. << Previous Video: Encryption Technologies Next Video: Hashing and Digital Signatures >> Obfuscation is a process, where you take something that normally would be very easy to understand, and you make
Encryption technologies provide secure key storage, cryptographic functions, and data privacy. In this video, you’ll learn about HSMs, TPMs, secure enclave, and more. << Previous Video: Key Exchange Next Video: Obfuscation >> If you were to look on a modern motherboard, you would find a chip or a subsystem called a Trusted Platform Module, or
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A secure key exchange method is critical for real-time encryption. In this video, you’ll learn how a symmetric key can be derived from a public and private key pair. << Previous Video: Encrypting Data Next Video: Encryption Technologies >> As we’ve been discussing in our previous videos, we’ve talked about how important it is to
We use many different encryption techniques to keep our data secure. In this video, you’ll learn about database encryption, transport encryption, cryptographic keys, and more. << Previous Video: Public Key Infrastructure Next Video: Key Exchange >> If you need to protect data that you’re storing on an SSD, a hard drive, or any other type
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Public key infrastructure technologies are the foundation of our modern encryption. In this video, you’ll learn about symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, key pair generation, and more. << Previous Video: Technical Change Management Next Video: Encrypting Data >> The term public key infrastructure is a very broad term in cryptography, but it commonly refers to policies
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