Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity 100-160 Official Cert Guide

Appendix C

Memory Tables Answer Key

Chapter 1

Table 1-2 Common Terms and Definitions You Need to Know

Term	Definition	Examples
Vulnerability	A weakness in any part of an enterprise that, if exploited, could jeopardize the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the systems and the data.	Unpatched software Use of superuser or admin account privileges Open ports and protocols that are not needed Unknown security bugs in software or programming interfaces Unencrypted data on the network Zero-day vulnerability
Exploit	Anything that can take advantage of a vulnerability.	SQL injection attack Cross-site scripting (XSS) Buffer overflow Memory safety violation Input validation error Remote code execution Privilege escalation Zero-day ...