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Computer Security Risk
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any event or action that could cause a lot damage to computer hardware, software, data, info., or processing cabablity
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Computer Crime
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any illegal act involving a computer
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Cybercrime
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online/ internet based illegal acts
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Hacker
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someone who accesses a computer network illegally
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Cracker
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someone who accesses a computer network illegally but has bad intents
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Script Kiddie
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someone with the same intent as a cracker but doesn't have the technical skills
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Corporate spies
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people hired to break into computers and stealm data
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Cyberterorist
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someone who uses e-mail as a vechicle for extortion
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Malware(malisious software)
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programs that act and alter the computer with out the users knowledge
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Payload
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the destructive event or prank a program is intended to deliver
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Bonet
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a group of comprosed computers that uses a part of a network that attacks other networks
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Zombie
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one whose owner is unaware the computer is being controlled by an outsider
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DoS attack(denile of service)
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an assault whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an Internet service
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back door
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a program that allows a users to bypass a security control on a program
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Spoofing
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a technique intruders use to make their network look real to a victim
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CAPTCHA
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Completely Automated Public Testing test to tell Computer and Humans Apart,verifies a user is real
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Hardware Theft
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the act of stealing a computer equipment
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Hardware vandalism
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the act of defacing or defacing or destroying computer equipment
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Software theft
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occurs when someone steals software media, earses a program, copies a program, or activates a program
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Licence agreement
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the right to use the software
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Information theft
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occurs when someone steals personal or confidential information
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Encyrption
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the process of converting readable data into unreadable characters
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Decyrpt
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to decipher something
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Digital signature
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an encyption code that some attaches to a electronic message to verify it's the person
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System faliure
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the prolonged malfuction of a computer
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War driving
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attepting to detect wireless networks from a mobie device while driving
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Wi-Fi protected Access(WPA)
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a security standard that improves on older security standards by authenicating network
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802.11 or WPA2
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the most recent network security standard
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Repetitive strain injury(RSI)
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an injury or disorder of the muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, and joints.
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Coputer vision sydrome(CVS)
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a health related concern with your eyes
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Intellectual property rights
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rights to which creator entitle to work
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Copyright
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gives author exclusive rights to his/her work
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green computing
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reducing the electricity and environmental waste while using a computer
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ENERGY STAR program
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helps reduce the amout of electricity used by computers or other devices
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Cookie
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a small text file that a Web server stores on your computer
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Spyware
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a program placed on a computer without the users knowledge
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Adware
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a program that displays an online advertisment in a banner or pop- up window on Web pages
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Spam
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an unisolated e-mail message sent to multiple recipients
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Phishing
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a scam in which a perpetrator sends a real looking e-mail message to obtain someones personal information
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Pharming
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a scam where a perpetrator attempts to obtain someones personal information except they do it via spoofing
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Employee monitoring
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involves the use of computers to observe, record, and reveiw an employee's use a computer
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Trusted source
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A person you believe won't send you a virus knowingly
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Unauthorized use
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Use of a computer for illegal purposes
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Unauthorized access
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Use of a computer network without permission
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Biometric device
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Authenticates a persons identity by translating a personal characteristic
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Digotal Forensics
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Discovery/collection/analysis of evidence found on computers
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Encryption algorithm
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A set of steps that convert plain text to cipher text
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Encryption key
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A programmed formula used to encrypt cipher text
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Plain text
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Readable data
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Cipher text
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Unreadable data
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Digital Certificate
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A notice confirms a user or site is real
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Certificate authority
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CA. An authorized person that issues/verifies digital certificates
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Surge protector
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Provides a stable current flow to the computer
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Uninterruptible power supply UPS
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A device that contains the surge protection circuits and has batteries
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Backup
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A copy of something that can be used if the original was lost
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Restore
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Copying the backup file to their original place
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WAP.
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An unsecured Wireless Access Point
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Ergonomics
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An applied science devoted to make safety into items
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Computer Addiction
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When someones social life is consumed by a computer
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Computer Ethics
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The moral guidelines that govern the use of computers
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National Press Photographers
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A group that opposes the manipulation of images
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Information privacy
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The right of individuals to deny/restrict the collection/use of their information about them
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Electronic Profile
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Forms online that have your information and is stored on a database
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Social engineering
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Gaining unauthorized access to someone's information by abusing someone's trust
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Content filtering
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Restricting access to certain material on the Web
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