What is Risk Deterrence in Cybersecurity?

Microsoft developed the STRIDE threat model to assess threats against applications or operating systems. STRIDE is an acronym for the following: Spoofing, Tampering. Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, and Elevation of Privilege. Spoofing An attack with the goal of gaining access to a target system through the use of falsified identity. Tampering Any action…

The target resource has more than one representation, each with its own more specific identifier, and information about the alternatives is being provided so that the user (or user agent) can select a preferred representation by redirecting its request to one or more of those identifiers. In other words, the server desires that the user…

Data classification is the concept of protecting data based on secrecy, sensitivity, or confidentiality. The reason for data classification is because it is not wise to treat all data equal. Certain data needs more security than others. Data classification allows organizations to categorize the data in a way that items, objects, and subjects are in…

Any attempt to brew coffee with a teapot should result in the error code “418 I’m a teapot”. The resulting entity body MAY be short and stout.

A Multi-Status response conveys information about multiple resources in situations where multiple status codes might be appropriate. The default Multi-Status response body is a text/xml or application/xml HTTP entity with a ‘multistatus’ root element. Further elements contain 200, 300, 400, and 500 series status codes generated during the method invocation. 100 series status codes SHOULD…

Asset valuation is a monetary value assigned to an asset for risk management purposes that are based on actual cost and non monetary expenses. If an asset has no value, there is no need to provide protection for it. A primary goal of asset valuation in risk management is to ensure cost effective safeguards are…