--- title: "Cybersecurity Fundamentals Archives, Page 2 - Cybr" description: "Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Cybersecurity Fundamentals from the Cybr blog." url: https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/page/2/ --- From the blog # Cybersecurity Fundamentals Read practical guides, tutorials, and security research about Cybersecurity Fundamentals from the Cybr blog. Browse the archive ## More Cybersecurity Fundamentals articles 10 on this page - June 30, 2023 ### Exercise types (red/blue/white/purple teams) We’ve talked about how we can use vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and bug bounties to find vulnerabilities in our systems. Another approach you may have… Read article [Exercise types (red/blue/white/purple teams)](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/exercise-types-red-blue-white-purple-teams/) - June 23, 2023 ### Disaster Recovery with BCP, COOP, and DRP For the CompTIA Security+ exam, you need to be familiar with three terms that are related to disaster recovery: What do each of these terms… Read article [Disaster Recovery with BCP, COOP, and DRP](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/disaster-recovery-with-bcp-coop-and-drp/) - June 16, 2023 ### Proxy Servers Proxy servers are a topic that you can expect to get quizzed on in the CompTIA Security+ exam. To make sure you can answer questions… Read article [Proxy Servers](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/proxy-servers/) - June 9, 2023 ### Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) For the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important to understand what Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) are. In this article, let’s learn about additional functionality that we get… Read article [Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs)](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/next-generation-firewalls-ngfws/) - May 12, 2023 ### Authentication Protocols (802.1X, EAP/PEAP, EAP-FAST/TLS/TTLS, and RADIUS) Let’s talk about network authentication protocols that we can use and that we need to know for the CompTIA Security+ exam. We’re going to discuss:… Read article [Authentication Protocols (802.1X, EAP/PEAP, EAP-FAST/TLS/TTLS, and RADIUS)](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/authentication-protocols-802-1x-eap-peap-eap-fast-tls-ttls-and-radius/) - May 8, 2023 ### What is HashiCorp Vault and why should you know about it? Vault is an open-source secrets management tool used to automate access to secrets, data, and systems. This blog post comes from our Explained in 180… Read article [What is HashiCorp Vault and why should you know about it?](https://cybr.com/explained-series/what-is-hashicorp-vault-and-why-should-you-know-about-it/) - September 27, 2022 ### Biometrics techniques and concepts for authentication We talked about how biometrics can be used for multifactor authentication in order to verify someone’s identity. Biometric authentication refers to something you are (as… Read article [Biometrics techniques and concepts for authentication](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/biometrics-techniques-and-concepts-for-authentication/) - July 31, 2022 ### Key stretching concepts and algorithms One of the best ways to make a password strong is to make it long. The longer the password is, the harder it is to… Read article [Key stretching concepts and algorithms](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/key-stretching-concepts-and-algorithms/) - July 18, 2022 ### Hashing use cases In practice, what is hashing used for? How is it being used in the real world? Let’s take a look at a few common hashing… Read article [Hashing use cases](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/hashing-use-cases/) - July 11, 2022 ### Hash Tables, Rainbow Table Attacks, and Salts As we talked about, applications that properly handle passwords don’t actually store the passwords themselves in databases, but instead, store hashes of passwords. That’s why… Read article [Hash Tables, Rainbow Table Attacks, and Salts](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/hash-tables-rainbow-table-attacks-and-salts/) [Previous](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/) [1](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/)2[3](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/page/3/)[4](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/page/4/)[5](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/page/5/) [Next](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/page/3/)