Title: Explain how businesses and individuals can protect themselves against threats to their data.
Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (10302-I) > Section: Examining Data Security as it Relates to Cybersecurity

Explanation should include

- secure design principles
- security mechanisms
- examples of how data can be protected when in the following states:
  - Data at rest
    - authentication (e.g., passwords, biometrics)
    - encryption
    - permissions
    - backups
    - perimeter security (e.g., firewall, VPN)

  - Data in transit (e.g., cryptography)
  - Data being processed
    - patching
    - host hardening.