Computer And Information Science Vocab Ch 10

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Computer Security Risk

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Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware, software, data, inforamtion, or processing abillity.

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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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Internet-based illegal acts.

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Hacker

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Refers to someone who accesses a computer or network illegally.

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Cracker

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Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally but has the intent of destroying data, stealing info, or other malicious activity.

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Script Kiddie

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Has the same skills as a cracker but not as technical and does not as much as knowledge.

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Corporate Spies

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Have excellent computer and networking skills and are hired to break into a specific computer and steal its data and info.

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Cyberextortionist

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Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion

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Malware

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Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter the computer's operatons.

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Trusted Source

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An organization or person you believe will not send a virus infected file knowingly.

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Botnet

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A group of compromised computers connected to a network such as the Internet that are used as a part of a network that attacks other networks.

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Zombie

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A computer whose owner is unaware the computer is being controlled by an outsider

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DoS Attack

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Denial of Service. An assault whos purpose is to dissrupt computer access on Internet services.

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Back Door

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A program or set of instructions in a program that allow users to bypass security controls

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Spoofing

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A technique intruders use to make their network or internet transmission appear legitimate.

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Unauthorized Use

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The use of a computer or its data for unapproved or possibly illegal activities.

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Unauthorized Access

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The use of a computer or network without permission.

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CAPTCHA

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Completely Automatc Public Turning test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. A program that verifies user input that isnt computer generted.

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Possessed Object

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Any item that you must carry to gani access to a computer

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Biometric Device

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Authenicates a person's identity by translating a personal characteristic to a digital code

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Digital Forensics

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The Discovery, collection, and analysis of evience foun on computers and networks.

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Hardware Theft

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The act of stealing computer equipment

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Hardware Vandalism

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The act of defacing or destroying equipment

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Software Theft

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When someone steals software media, intentionally erases programs, illegally copies a program, and more

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License Agreement

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The right to use software

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Information Theft

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When someone steals personal or confiedential information.

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Encryption

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The process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access.

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Decrypt

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Deciphering something into a readable form

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Encryption Algorithm

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The set of steps that convert readable plaintext into unreadable ciphertext

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encryption Key

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programmed formula that the originator of the data uses to encrypt the plaintext and recipient of the data uses to decrypt the ciphertext.

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Plaintext

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The unencrypted, readable data in the encryption process

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Ciphertext

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The encrypted data

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Digital Signature

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An encrypted code that a person, Web site, or organization attaches to an emessage sender

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Digital Certificate

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A notice taht guarantees user or Web site is legitimate

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Certificate Authority

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An authorized person or sompany that issues and vertifies digial certificates

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System Failure

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The prolonged malfunction of a computer

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Surge Protector

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Uses a special electrical component to provide a stable curent flow

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UPS

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A device that contains surge protection circuts and one or more used if original is lost, damaged, or destroyed

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Backup

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Duplicating a file.

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Restore

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Copying the backed up files

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War driving

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Attempting to detect wireless networks via their notebook computer or mobile device while driving a vehicle through an area with wifi

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WPA

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Wi-fi Protected Access. Security standard that improves on older security standards.

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802.11i or WPA2

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The most recent netwrok security standards.