Remember IT
Full name: Information Technology
Memory aid: Information uses Technology to get work done.
IT includes operations, people, and processes as well as devices.
Study area: MIS, risk & continuity · Batch 5
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA SecurityX · ISC2 CC
Practice with exam flashcards →MIS, Risk & Continuity / Knowledge library
IT — Information Technology
Names technologies and practices for processing, storing, and communicating information.
Why learn IT — Information Technology?
Names technologies and practices for processing, storing, and communicating information.
Where it came from
IT includes operations, people, and processes as well as devices.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Information uses Technology to get work done.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand IT: Information Technology.
- Recall this memory aid: Information uses Technology to get work done.
- Explain the practical use: Names technologies and practices for processing, storing, and communicating information.
- Explain this distinction: IT includes operations, people, and processes as well as devices.
- Identify IT in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)