Employees and executives often struggle to understand the terms cybersecurity pros use.
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We all know cybersecurity is a people issue, but time and time again, cyber experts trying to raise awareness among employees and senior executives use terms like “zero-day exploit” that no one outside of cybersecurity really understands. The industry has its own language, and it can be difficult for laypeople to understand.
Here’s a quiz to test yourself on some commonly used cybersecurity terms.
Ms. Winokur Munk is a reporter in West Orange, N.J. She can be reached at reports@wsj.com.
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Appeared in the December 8, 2021, print edition as ‘Do You Speak Cybersecurity?.’
