--- title: "Cybersecurity 101 Archives - Cybr" url: https://cybr.com/tag/cybersecurity-101/ --- From the blog # Cybersecurity 101 Read Cybr articles tagged Cybersecurity 101. Browse the archive ## Latest articles 10 on this page - September 29, 2023 ### Understanding malware classification Understanding this isn’t required for the CompTIA Security+ exam, meaning that we’re going beyond the scope of this exam for a few minutes, but I… Read article [Understanding malware classification](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/understanding-malware-classification/) - September 22, 2023 ### Incident response process There’s been a security incident in your organization. What do you do? Panic? No ;)! You follow an incident response process. In this article, we’re… Read article [Incident response process](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/incident-response-process/) - September 1, 2023 ### Request forgeries (CSRF, XSRF, SSRF) In 2020, CheckPoint Research announced multiple vulnerabilities in the popular social media application named TikTok. One of the found vulnerabilities allowed an attacker to delete… Read article [Request forgeries (CSRF, XSRF, SSRF)](https://cybr.com/application-security-archives/request-forgeries-csrf-xsrf-ssrf/) - August 29, 2023 ### Directory / Path Traversal Just like you have directories on your PC, laptop, and mobile phones, web servers also have directories. For example, if you were to purchase web… Read article [Directory / Path Traversal](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/directory-path-traversal/) - 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/) - May 14, 2023 ### Important pentesting concepts for the Security+ You’ve been running vulnerability scans on a regular basis, you’ve expanded that into a broader vulnerability assessment approach, and you’ve been fixing everything that’s been… Read article [Important pentesting concepts for the Security+](https://cybr.com/certifications-archives/important-pentesting-concepts-for-the-security/) - 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/) - 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 3, 2022 ### Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes Password-based authentication has been proven time and time again to be a vulnerable form of authentication. One of the best defenses is using Multifactor Authentication,… Read article [Multifactor authentication (MFA) factors and attributes](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/multifactor-authentication-mfa-factors-and-attributes/) - June 30, 2022 ### What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)? Passwords are hard. Most of us use passwords of varying length and complexity. That’s mainly to fulfill the requirements offered by every single site that… Read article [What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)?](https://cybr.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals-archives/what-is-two-factor-authentication-2fa-and-how-is-it-different-from-mfa/) 1[2](https://cybr.com/tag/cybersecurity-101/page/2/) [Next](https://cybr.com/tag/cybersecurity-101/page/2/)