021.1 Goals, Roles and Actors

021.1 Goals, Roles and Actors

Reference to LPI objectives

Security Essentials version 1.0, Exam 020, Objective 021.1

Weight

1

Key knowledge areas

  • Understanding of the importance of IT security

  • Understanding of common security goals

  • Understanding of common roles in security

  • Understanding of common goals of attacks against IT systems and devices

  • Understanding of the concept of attribution and related issues

Partial list of the used files, terms and utilities

  • Confidentiality, integrity, availability, non-repudiation

  • Hackers, crackers, script kiddies

  • Black hat and white hat hackers

  • Accessing, manipulating or deleting data

  • Interrupting services, extorting ransom

  • Industrial espionage

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