For example, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is when cybercriminals use botnets to send so much information to a network that it crashes, leading to downtime as well as potential infiltration. Organizational leaders understand the impact of data breaches but reading about how cybercriminals infiltrate networks can feel like listening to a different language. One of the reasons business leaders struggle to understand cybersecurity risk is that the technical terminology often feels outside their wheelhouse.
