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The Language of Cybersecurity: Test Your Vocabulary

Editorial Board Published December 6, 2021
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Employees and executives often struggle to understand the terms cybersecurity pros use.

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By Cheryl Winokur Munk

Dec. 6, 2021 12:00 pm ET

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 [email protected].

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Appeared in the December 8, 2021, print edition as ‘Do You Speak Cybersecurity?.’

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